Court Opinion

ID: 9647330
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:32:19.382049+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:48.050319
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REYNOLDS, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent and would emphasize that the negligence, if any, of which *923the truck driver is accused consisted of his being on the wrong side of the road at the time of the collision. The tire marks of both vehicles disclose that the Lovins’ vehicle was itself on the wrong side of the road at the place of collision. The eviden-tiary value of Lovin’s inconsistent testimony and arguments is destroyed by the pure evidence to the contrary. In fact, considering that her car moved forward after the impact, it appears inherently impossible for the accident to have occurred as the driver claimed it did. Bryant v. Corley, Ky., 455 S.W.2d 566 (1970). Consideration may not be given to evidence that is entirely at variance with physical laws, or where physical facts are such as to make that evidence unbelievable. Peterman v. Darby, Ky., 419 S.W.2d 747 (1967).
There appears to be no evidence of substance that the truck driver breached any duties to the Lovins which reasonable minds could find was the proximate cause of the accident. Greyhound Corporation v. Allen, Ky., 353 S.W.2d 558 (1961). Without equivocation, it appears that Thornberry v. Smith, Ky., 346 S.W.2d 727 (1961), is applicable to the facts in this case. The facts are virtually identical. The physical evidence destroys the evidentiary value of the plaintiff’s testimony to the contrary.
The opinion of the Court of Appeals should be affirmed.