Carr v. Cincinnati Bell, Inc.

MILLER, Judge.

Appellant Hobart R. Carr is a customer and patron of appellee Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (Bell). Bell is a public utility governed by KRS Chapter 278. On May 19, 1982, Carr filed suit in the Kenton Circuit Court against Bell alleging “tortious breach” of a 1979 contract concerning telephone service to his home in Kenton County, Kentucky. The suit sought damages, compensatory and punitive, and further sought a mandatory injunction requiring Bell to furnish Carr with a “Kenton County telephone number and tariff-free service to other Kenton County numbers.” Carr desired the Kenton…