JOHNSON v. McALLISTER


455 S.W.2d 563 (1970)

Jerry JOHNSON, Appellant, v. Willie T. McALLISTER and Andy Weisenberger, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Varellas, and Charles V. Collins, Lexington, for appellant.

Thomas K. Shuff, E. Durward Weldon, Georgetown, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Willie T. McAllister, while in charge of a poolroom, became engaged in an altercation with an unruly patron, during the course of which a pistol in McAllister's hand discharged and the bullet, ricocheting from the slate top of a pool table, struck Jerry Johnson, another patron, severing a nerve in his arm. Johnson subsequently brought suit against McAllister and against Andy Weisenberger, the latter being alleged to be a partner with McAllister...

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