Wooster Motor Ways, Inc. v. Michael Gonterman

Summary

The Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that the Firefighter’s Rule does not bar the Gontermans’ negligence claims against the truck drivers and their employers because the defendants are not “others similarly situated” and the injury did not arise from the specific risk that called the officer to the scene. The Court clarified that the Rule excludes independent or intervening negligent acts.