Burke Enterprises, Inc. v. Mitchell

700 S.W.2d 789 (1985)

BURKE ENTERPRISES, INC., Movant,

v.

Stanley MITCHELL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 21, 1985.

John G. Crutchfield, Ewen, MacKenzie & Peden, PSC, Louisville, for movant.

John M. Longmeyer, Louisville, for respondent.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of respondent, Stanley Mitchell, in the sum of $17,955.76 for personal injuries he sustained while operating a two man, gasoline powered, post hole digger which he had rented from the movant, Burke Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Burke Rental Center.

On September 12,…