The Kentucky Court of Appeals revived a widow’s lawsuit for a worker’s fatal accident, finding a defendant had not been entitled to “up-the-ladder” immunity as a matter of law.
Case: Huff v. Southern States Somerset Cooperative Inc., No. 2019-CA-1524-MR, 08/13/2021, published.
Facts: David W. Huff worked for Southern States Cooperative Inc. He was killed on Aug. 4, 2016, while operating a front-end loader.
Huff had been using the loader to fill an order of fertilizer at the Southern States Cooperative store in Harrodsburg when it tipped over, pinning him and causing ...
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