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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Kentucky Supreme Court

Recent News About Kentucky Supreme Court

  • Report: Chesley wants Ky. SC to delay disbarment

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Chesley FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley, who is facing possible disbarment, has asked the Kentucky Supreme Court to consider delaying the process.

  • Fourth Fen-Phen lawyer disbarred

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred David Helmers, a Kentucky attorney who worked on a controversial class action lawsuit over the diet drug Fen-Phen.

  • Ky. SC clarifies economic loss rule

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Abramson FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court, in a ruling earlier this month, held that the "economic loss rule" applies to claims arising from a defective product sold in a commercial transaction.

  • Chesley disbarment goes to Ky. Supreme Court

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Chesley LEXINGTON, Ky. (Legal Newsline) -- Prominent plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley, whose disbarment was recommended Tuesday by the Kentucky Bar Association's Board of Governors, now will have to take his fight to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

  • Woman can't sue in Kentucky over spilled butter

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Venters FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last week that a woman who slipped while in line for a food buffet on a casino gambling boat cannot sue its owners.

  • Mo. eBay seller can't be sued in Kentucky

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Venters FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court says a man cannot sue a Missouri truck seller in state court for a faulty vehicle he bought on eBay.

  • Ky. SC affirms $500K med-mal verdict

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Noble FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court last week affirmed the judgment of a lower court in favor of a couple who filed a wrongful death action following the stillborn birth of their child.

  • Coal loan dispute must be arbitrated, Ky. SC says

    By Jessica M. Karmasek |
    Abramson FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - The Kentucky Supreme Court has ordered that two coal companies, arguing over who should pay a $6.3 million loan, must arbitrate.

  • Ten of the longest names

    By John O'Brien |
    While researching this article on silica claims, we came across the word "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which refers to a lung disease caused by exposure to silica fibers and is the longest word in the dictionary. This week, Legal Newsline looks at the 10 state supreme court justices with the longest names, and no hyphens or

  • Ten justices with hobbies

    By John O'Brien |
    It's summer. Even though the days are longer, employers will tell you the work days can get shorter. Legal Newsline takes a look at 10 state supreme court justices who aren't all work and no play.