409 S.W.2d 161 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1966
Pursuant to the opinion of this court on a former appeal, in Mullins’ Administratrix v. Bullens, Ky., 383 S.W.2d 130, the automobile negligence suit of David Mullins’ Administratrix against William Thomas Bullens and Donald Ray Gatliff was retried solely on the issues of last clear chance and amount of damages. The jury found the defendants liable and fixed the damages at $21,172. Judgment was entered accordingly. The defendants have appealed, asserting two claims of error.
The first claim is that the last clear chance instruction given by the trial court was erroneous. The instruction directed the jury to find for the defendants unless the jury made a last clear chance finding (the elements of which were appropriately set forth in the instruction). The defendants had offered an instruction substantially the same in form except that it commenced
The second claim is, in substance, that the holding of this court on the former appeal was wrong and should not apply as the law of the case. The last clear chance question was given thorough consideration on the first appeal and was the subject of extensive debate. The court adheres to the answer there reached.
The judgment is affirmed.