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'Kick my ass': Doctor's statement after problem in surgery ruled inadmissible
NEWPORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A surgeon who allegedly told the family of a patient to "kick my ass, I deserve it" after complications led to severe blood loss has won in court again after the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled the statement inadmissible. -
Beer run by frat member not the cause of 4-year-old's death, court rules
FRANKFORT, KY. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky court was correct to dismiss a lawsuit against a college student who participated in his fraternity’s beer run the day before another frat member struck and killed a little boy with his car, an appeals court ruled. -
Weedkiller class action against AT&T stuck on certification
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers targeting AT&T for using weedkiller around service terminals have hit another snag. -
Kentucky city can't tap insurance for $28M wrongful-conviction lawsuit
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky city can’t tap insurance policies for damages won by a man who spent 28 years in prison on a wrongful conviction for murder, since those policies were issued a decade after he was sent to jail, an appeals court ruled. -
Plaintiff can't link his Hepatitis A to Super Bowl pizza, court rules
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky court has rejected a man's attempt to blame a pizza restaurant for his Hepatitis A, finding no link between his Super Bowl dinner and the illness. -
Huge verdict affirmed for family of woman pinned under dump truck
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky appeals court has affirmed a $32 million verdict in a lawsuit over a fatal crash involving a dump truck hauling asphalt. -
Jury's damages affirmed in Kentucky day care abuse case, as plaintiff had asked for their opinion
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - You asked for it, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has told a woman upset with the amount a jury awarded her in a lawsuit alleging her kids were abused at a daycare. -
Plaintiff can use Kentucky courts to sue over fatal Mardi Gras party in Indiana
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A woman whose daughter and grandchild were killed in a head-on accident caused by a Sazerac sales representative who left a company party intoxicated can sue in Kentucky, an appeals court ruled, reversing a trial court’s decision to dismiss the case as being brought in the wrong state. -
Child-porn convict wins reversal of $11.5 million damages verdict
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A man who was convicted of producing child pornography succeeded in reversing a judge’s $11.5 million damages verdict against him after a Kentucky appeals court ruled he wasn’t properly represented by a lawyer. -
Woman raped in barn can't sue after collecting Workers' Comp
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who was raped by a young man at a home for troubled youth can’t sue the organization because she already collected money through the workers’ compensation system, a Kentucky appeals court ruled. -
Lying to doctor then suing him doesn't work out for drug-user with heart infection
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A man who told an emergency room doctor he didn’t use drugs, refused further treatment and then suffered a heart infection caused by injecting drugs had no case, a Kentucky appeals court ruled, agreeing a trial court properly dismissed the lawsuit. -
Court preserves at least $9.5M for patient who had surgical sponge inside her for five years
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A Kentucky jury’s $10.5 million verdict will remain largely intact in a lawsuit brought by a late woman who had a surgical sponge left in her abdomen during surgery. -
Errant buckshot not grounds for lawsuit for neighbors of shooting club
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A couple who live next to a skeet shooting range have lost their attempt to sue the business a second time over the buckshot that makes its way on their property. -
Mom gets second chance to sue school over out-of-control fight
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A mother who sued her son’s school district over an assistant principal’s attempts to control a hallway fight will get another chance to win damages after a Kentucky appeals court reversed a dismissal on qualified immunity grounds. -
Court decides whether Louisville will face lawsuit over alleged sexual assault by cop
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Louisville Police Department can’t be sued over an officer’s alleged sexual assault of a woman, a Kentucky appeals court ruled, rejecting the plaintiff’s attempt to overcome the sovereign immunity of local governments against tort lawsuits. -
Court makes ruling in case of 4-year-old who shot himself with cop's gun
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky city can’t be sued over the death of a toddler who got his hands on an off-duty policeman’s gun and shot himself, an appeals court ruled, rejecting plaintiff arguments the city failed to properly train and supervise the officer. -
Kentucky court rejects class action since only one person affected
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – Lawyers can’t take one case of one employee who belongs to a union and attach it to everyone else in it in order to drive up damages, a Kentucky court has ruled. -
Golf course not at fault for crazy cart wreck that broke man's arm
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky golf course isn’t liable for an accident that occurred after a golfer swerved to avoid an overturned cart and rolled his own vehicle on top of himself, an appeals court ruled. -
A Kentucky court doesn't think hot pavement is an 'open and obvious' risk for people without shoes
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A municipal waterpark may have to pay money to a woman who burned her feet on hot pavement after the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to the City of Barbourville because the risk was open and obvious. -
Malpractice plaintiff can't reopen case without returning $1.2 million settlement
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who settled part of her medical malpractice lawsuit for $1.2 million can’t drag the settling defendants back into the case while refusing to return the money, a Kentucky appeals court ruled.