Gassaway Construction Co. v. Gentry

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is the second appeal by the defendants in a case involving a head-on motor vehicle collision. A former judgment for plaintiffs was reversed because of error in the instructions with respect to the amount of damages allowable. Gassaway Construction Co. v. Gentry, Ky., 1954, 264 S.W.2d 658. Upon a retrial plaintiffs again recovered substantial damages on their personal injury and property damage claims.

Defendants request reversal on several grounds. We will briefly state the facts and dispose of the arguments as we see them.

The accident occurred in broad daylight on the…