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No immunity for prison officials after suicidal inmate ODs on smuggled fentanyl
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – Prison officers can’t get out of a lawsuit that blames them for the death of an inmate who ingested fentanyl that was smuggled in. -
Mystery surrounding child's fingertip severed by door dooms lawsuit against restaurant
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A Kentucky restaurant has escaped liability in a lawsuit brought by the father of a 5-year-old who lost part of his finger in a bathroom door but couldn’t explain what exactly happened. -
Principal not liable for sexual abuse of young boy by other student, court rules
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A former elementary school principal has defeated a lawsuit that blamed him for the sexual abuse of one of his students by an older child. -
Dad won't get settlement funds after daughter stillborn; Court says he abandoned her
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – Fatherhood is much more than a $25 gift card, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled. -
Kentucky court reverses talc defense victory after J&J witness says he used Baby Powder
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky appeals court ordered a new trial in the case of a woman who claims she contracted cancer from talcum powder, saying it was improper to allow Johnson & Johnson witness to testify that he and his family used Johnson’s Baby Powder for decades. -
Shoney's wins wrongful death lawsuit
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – A Kentucky Shoney’s restaurant has defeated a lawsuit that alleged a slip-and-fall there proved fatal. -
Estate of woman who blew herself up igniting gas-soaked brush pile with cigarette lighter loses lawsuit
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – The estate of a woman who sustained severe burns and injuries when she tried to light a gasoline-soaked brush pile with a cigarette lighter has lost its lawsuit against the property owner. -
Bausch & Lomb wins Kentucky case over injury allegedly caused by pink eye medicine
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Bausch & Lomb, the eye products manufacturer, was found not liable for an injury possibly caused by the off-label use of one of its products in Kentucky. -
Nuisance class action against Kentucky coal plant tossed by appeals court
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - A Kentucky appeals court upheld the dismissal of a proposed class action by property owners against a nearby coal-fired power plant, saying they tailored the suit to avoid problems over personal-injury claims only to run afoul of other procedural rules governing class actions. -
Landlord not liable for death of tenant caused by stray bullet
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has affirmed the lower court's decision which found Verdure, LLC, as a landlord, owed no duty to a tenant who was killed by a stray bullet.