Kentucky

PROPOSED BILLS 2008: House Bill 280 (Increase size of minimum small claims cases to $5000):

Posted on January 18, 2008
House Bill 280 (Increase size of minimum small claims cases to $5000):Introduced by Rep. Mike Harmon on January 11, 2008, to increase the jurisdictional limit of the small claims division of the District Court from $1,500 to $5,000 for both claims and counterclaims...

PROPOSED BILLS: Senate Bill 78 (Keeping electronic records in county courthouses)

Posted on January 18, 2008
Senate Bill 78 (Keeping electronic records in county courthouses):Introduced by Sen. Dan Seum on January 11, 2008, to set up the Kentucky Electronic Recording Commission and require the governor to appoint seven members (a majority of whom must be county clerks) to administer a program for keeping real estate records in an electronic form...

COA MINUTES: January 18, 2008: Minutes for Kentucky Court of Appeals (COA)(2008:03)

Posted on January 18, 2008
January 18, 2008:  Minutes for Kentucky Court of Appeals (COA)(2008:03) Click here for PDF copy of Minutes posted at AOC with links to each published and non-published decision this week.  For our copy of the minutes, click here. 46 rendered decisions - Numbered 45-80 6 published - 47; 50; 51; 53; 55; 67...

INSURANCE: "Allstate Sits on Documents Allegedly Tied to Profit Scheme" from Miami Herald

Posted on January 18, 2008
One word for this story.  WOW.  "Allstate is facing contempt charges in Missouri -- with a $25,000-a-day fine -- and now it can't sell new auto policies in Florida, in part, because it wants to protect a report written by a corporate consultant...

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JUDICIAL ELECTIONS: Status of filings in Louisville for 2008

Posted on January 17, 2008
I just took a look at the judicial filings for Jefferson County. With regard to the Court of Appeals slot that opened up with Judge Abramson's appointment to the Supreme Court and the interim appointment of Judge Denise Clayton, there has only been one filing and that was by Judge Clayton...

DEC. 28, 2007 KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS (2007:63)

Posted on January 16, 2008
DEC. 28, 2007 KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS (2007:63) HTML Version of the LawWire - Published and Nonpublished decisions PDF Version of the LawWire COA Argument Calendars SCOKY Argument Calendars Published decisions are digested below with links to full text, but the "not to be published" can be found in the minutes (by name, court, judges, decision, number, county, and LINK to full text) MINUTES from AOC for this week saved at our site and click here for the AOC's Official Minutes [which is provided for backup purposes] 10 rendered decisions Nos...

CIVIL CASES: "Judge sets April 14 deadline to rule in World War II land dispute "

Posted on January 16, 2008
Judge sets April 14 deadline to rule in World War II land dispute HERALD LEADER Judge Susan Braden of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims said in an order she expects a ruling by April 14 in the suit by former western Kentucky landowners whose property was taken to create Camp Breckinridge...

CRIMINAL: "U.S. Supreme Court rejects mental age case from Kentucky inmate "

Posted on January 16, 2008
U.S. Supreme Court rejects mental age case from Kentucky inmate HERALD LEADER A Kentucky death row inmate lost a bid to challenge his death sentence based on mental age after the U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear the case. Thomas Clyde Bowling, 54, had asked the high court to consider if the ban on executing juveniles extended to people whose mental age was less than 18 years old...

CIVIL CASES: "Local writer says Spike Lee took script"

Posted on January 16, 2008
Local writer says Spike Lee took script A Louisville writer and businessman has filed a lawsuit claiming New York film director Spike Lee illegally used his script for a Showtime pilot. FROM COURIER JOURNAL

LOUISVILLE ATTYS: "Attorneys create program for WKU journalism students"

Posted on January 16, 2008
Attorneys create program for WKU journalism students COURIER JOURNAL Jon Fleischaker and Kim Greene, two Louisville attorneys known for their work with the media, have created a scholars program for the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at Western Kentucky University.

CRIMINAL CASES: "Prosecutors: Gun dealers ran con game"

Posted on January 16, 2008
Prosecutors: Gun dealers ran con game [from courier journal] The gun dealer charged with defrauding Owsley Frazier "perpetrated a con game," and his "marks" were Frazier and his arms museum, a federal prosecutor told a jury today.

AG: "Attorney General Conway Announces Agreement With Myspace" TO PROTECT KENTUCKY'S CHILDREN

Posted on January 15, 2008
Attorney General Conway Announces Agreement With Myspace

CRIMINAL CASES: "Chiropractor's fraud trial starts"

Posted on January 15, 2008
Chiropractor's fraud trial starts FROM COURIER JOURNAL The health-care fraud trial of Dr. Paul Hollern, who once headed a chiropractor-training empire from Louisville, began yesterday with a prosecutor outlining how Hollern allegedly taught young chiropractors to sell patients unneeded services.

ELSEWHERE: Judicial politics gone awry in West Virginia as their Chief Justice travels on the Riviera

Posted on January 15, 2008
If Caesar's wife must be above suspicion, then what about Caesar? I just received an email from West Virginia that highlights the fact that someone is always watching as a West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice was traveling the French Riviera when pictures were taken of him with a litigant before the Court for whom he ruled favorably later...

LAWWIRE: DEC. 21, 2007 KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS (2007:62)

Posted on January 14, 2008
DEC. 21, 2007 KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS (2007:62) HTML Version of the LawWire - Published and Nonpublished decisions PDF Version of the LawWire COA Argument Calendars SCOKY Argument Calendars Published decisions are digested below with links to full text, but the "not to be published" can be found in the minutes (by name, court, judges, decision, number, county, and LINK to full text) MINUTES from AOC for this week saved at our site and click here for the AOC's Official Minutes [which is provided for backup purposes] 14 rendered decisions Nos...

CIVIL CASES: SUIT FILED AGAINST KENTUCKY BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION IN RUSSELL CIRCUIT COURT

Posted on January 14, 2008
The following press release was received from the pro se litigant James Faller announcing a law suit filed by him against the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation.  He also maintains a blog for you to track down the progress of this suit and examine his pleadings at http://rcjusticewatch...

Argument Calendar and Issues for Supreme Court for Jan. 16, 17 & 18, 2007

Posted on January 14, 2008
Appellate briefs are posted at the Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law.  Click here. For Kentucky Supreme Court LIVE arguments, click here on date and time of argument. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008 9:00 a.m. COMMONWEALTH V...

PROPOSED BILLS: "Adoption changes, proposal leave dad in limbo"

Posted on January 14, 2008
Adoption changes, proposal leave dad in limbo HERALD LEADER A state lawmaker has introduced a bill that calls for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to contact biological fathers if their children are about to be placed for state adoption or are under a social worker's scrutiny.

DRUG COURT: Jefferson Drug Court benefits from state guidance and influx of state money

Posted on January 14, 2008
The following story highlights the results being obtained by state funding of "Drug Courts" in the Commonwealth.  Jefferson County's Drug Court was previously funded by federal aid, the County Attorney's Office and fees by the participants, but now that the 2006 Kentucky General Assembly has funded $4...

LAWREADER: Ask your Judge to mark his docket calendar ? KBA Convention Dates for 2008

Posted on January 13, 2008
Ask your Judge to mark his docket calendar ? KBA Convention Dates for 2008

FAMILY LAW: Vermont Court orders a divorce litigant to quit blogging about their pending divorce

Posted on January 13, 2008
Indiana Law Blog [HUSBAND POSTS ABOUT PENDING DIVORCE IN BLOG, COURT ORDERS POSTING REMOVED] has reported that a Vermont "court has ordered the husband to stop posting blog items about his wife and their crumbled marriage, possibly turning an ordinary divorce into a much broader battle over free speech on the Internet...

DIET DRUG LAWYERS: "Judge says no to fen-phen lawyers" IN CRIMINAL CASE

Posted on January 13, 2008
Judge says no to fen-phen lawyers NKY.COM A federal magistrate judge has recommended against dismissing charges that three lawyers stole from a $200 million settlement intended for people sickened by the diet drug fen-phen.

PROPOSED LEGISLATION: "Bill would ban 'robocalls'"

Posted on January 13, 2008
Bill would ban 'robocalls' FROM NKY.COM A relatively new tool in campaigning - the automated "robocall" - would be eliminated in Kentucky under a state bill.

CIVIL CASES: Nationstar Agrees to $105,000 Settlement

Posted on January 13, 2008
Nationstar Agrees to $105,000 Settlement KENTUCKY.GOV The Kentucky Office of Financial Institutions (OFI) today announced it has reached a $105,000 settlement agreement with Nationstar Mortgage LLC, formerly known as Centex Home Equity Company LLC.

GOVERNOR: "Governor Beshear & Executive Branch Ethics Commission Unveil Ethics Agenda"

Posted on January 13, 2008
Governor Beshear & Executive Branch Ethics Commission Unveil Ethics Agenda

SCOTUS: "Supreme Court weighing fate of Kentucky retirement system"

Posted on January 13, 2008
Supreme Court weighing fate of Kentucky retirement system herald leader The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing the fate of Kentucky's retirement system after hearing a challenge from a former public employee that the plan discriminates against older workers...

DIET DRUG LAWYERS: "Judge to consider bond for phen-fen lawyers"

Posted on January 13, 2008
Judge to consider bond for phen-fen lawyers FROMHERALD LEADER Three lawyers accused of taking millions of dollars that should have gone to their former clients will have to spend another weekend in the Boone County jail. After hearing several hours of testimony in federal court in Covington on Friday, U...

CIVIL CASES: "Ride operator says she couldn't hit emergency stop button in time"

Posted on January 13, 2008
Ride operator says she couldn't hit emergency stop button in time FROM HERALD LEADER A 16-year-old who was working at an amusement park ride when a girl's feet were severed last summer said she and another operator weren't able to stop the ride before it injured the girl.

CIVIL CASES: Speedway files appeal of suit's dismissal

Posted on January 13, 2008
Speedway files appeal of suit's dismissal from Herald Leader

PROPOSED LEGISLATION: "Bill would require women to undergo ultrasounds before abortions"

Posted on January 13, 2008
Bill would require women to undergo ultrasounds before abortions from Herald Leader

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