Legal Opinion
Keener v. Jack Cole Trucking Co.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided August 20, 1964No. Civ. A. Nos. 4644, 4716Published
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Chief Judge.
This case is submitted on defendant United States’ motion for summary judgment filed pursuant to Rule 56 of the .Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.- That .motion is based on defendant’s claim that Sfc. Keener was not acting within the scope of his employment (i. e., in the “line of duty”) at the time of accident.
• The facts of this ease relevant to the pending motion are as follows: On April 16, 1963, Sfc. Keener left the Army depot at Lexington, Kentucky, in an Army sedan to take his wife and son to the Ireland Army Hospital at Fort Knox. Use of that sedan had been…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Keck's Administrator v. Louisville Gas & Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
- Parrish v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1950
- Josephine Leonard v. United States of America, A. Joseph Williams, Administrator of the Estate of Cora Mae Leonard, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
- Niceley's Adm'x v. MattoxCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951