Discretionary review granted by SCOKY on 5/15/2013:
Virgin Mobile, USA v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
2012SC000621-DG
JEFFERSON
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Discretionary Review in Virgin Mobile v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Granted 5/15/2013
Discretionary Review Granted 5/15/2013: Mary Bell, Et Al. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Mary Bell, Et Al. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based Services 2012-SC-000600-DG Franklin Click here for SCOKY Case Information Page Click here for COA Information Page with link to decision … Continue Reading
Discretionary Review: MV Transportation Inc. vs Richard G. Allgeier, Est. of Barbara Allgeier
MV Transportation Inc. vs Richard G. Allgeier, Est. of Barbara Allgeier 2012-SC-000462-DG Jefferson Granted 5/15/2013 Click here for SCOKY Case Information Page Click here for COA Information Page with link to decision… Continue Reading
Discretionary Review Grants on May 15, 2013 by SCOKY
This month SCOKY granted discretionary review in the following cases: MV Transportation Inc. vs Richard G. Allgeier, Est. of Barbara Allgeier 2012-Sc-000462-Dg Jefferson Click here for SCOKY Case Information Page Click here for COA Information Page with link to decision Mary Bell, Et Al. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department… Continue Reading
SCOKY: Supreme Court Minutes of Decisions for May 23, 2013
The Supreme Court of Kentucky addressed the following tort, insurance, and civil law issues: workers compensation issue relative to award enhancement for safety violation summary judgment on agency issue and mention of insurance that doctors and hospital covered under same liability policy priority of pip coverage for pedestrian struck by uninsured motorist – pedestrian’s policy… Continue Reading
SCOKY: Attorney Discipinary Actions for March 2013
The Supreme Court took disciplinary actions in the following matters: ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE: A. Kentucky Bar Association v. Stanley M. Chesley 2011-SC-000382-KB March 23, 2013 Opinion of the Court. Minton, C.J.; Abramson, Cunningham, Noble, Scott and Venters, JJ., sitting. All concur. The Board of Governors found that Chesley had violated eight provisions of the Kentucky Rules… Continue Reading
October 2012 – Topical Summary of Kentucky Court of Appeals Published Decisions with Digests and Links to Full Text (prepared by the AOC)
Still playing catchup on updating blog. No monthly summaries for COA for August 2012. Click here for entire listing of COA Monthly Summaries of Published Decisions. Click here for this month’s summaries. Here are the tort, insurance and civil decisions for this month. BRIDGEFIELD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. v. YAMAHA MOTOR MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF AMERICA… Continue Reading
Experts: Daubert Hearing Admits Hair Comparison Evidence but SCOKY reminds all that prior rulings on admissibility “not set in stone” (Meskimen vs. Commonwealth of Kentucky, SCOKY, Pub, 4/25/2013
Although SCOKY affirmed the scientific evidence of “hair comparison” evidence which has been historically admissible in Kentucky, Justice Scott shot a warning volley over the bow of Daubert with a bit of a warning that the past may not always be the assurance for continuing admissibility – the state of scientifically accepted evidence is ever… Continue Reading
Medical Records: Statute entitling patient one free copy means what it says one free copy and no charging! (Erikson vs. Gruner & Sims, COA, Pub. 5/17/2013)
Kentucky’s statute requires medical providers to provide their patients a free copy, but in the published decision of Eriksen PSC vs. Gruner & Simms PLLC, the COA held in a unanimous decision written by Judge Acree that when the statute says to give a patient a free copy of his or her medical records that… Continue Reading
COAKY Minutes: May17, 2013 — Three Published DecisionsRe: DNA Testing in Criminal cases; quiet title; and one free copy of medical records means one free copy to patient or their attorney
Published and Unpublished Decisions for COAKY for May 17, 2013 Click HERE For this week’s COA minutes and decisions No. 477 – 497; 21 decisions; 3 decisions “To Be Published” Click here for complete list of all COA minutes that you can download. This week the following issues were addressed by COAKY: DNA testing appeal… Continue Reading
Media invited to attend childhood trauma symposium May 17 in Louisville
FRANKFORT, Ky., May 15, 2013 – Professionals in the fields of law, medicine, psychology, education, social work and others will come together for a second consecutive year to discuss how to address the causes and effects of childhood trauma at a symposium Friday, May 17, in Louisville. The program, Preventing Systems Retraumatization, will take place… Continue Reading
SCOKY Justice Michelle Keller Newest Justice
CCongratulations to Michelle Keller. Kentucky’s newest Supreme Court Justice. Here she is donning her robes with the assistance of her family. I keep dreaming of the day when judicial vacancies are filled through elections and appointment with no concern or consideration of race or gender or any other factor other than competence, judicial views and… Continue Reading
February 2013 SCOKY Monthly Case Summary of Published Decisions
Sorry, playing a little catchup here in the interest of having a complete set of SCOKY Minutes available on the Kentucky Court Report. Click here for the February 2013 summaries of published decisions from the Supreme Court of Kentucky (SCOKY). Click here for list of all summaries for SCOKY by year and month at AOC.… Continue Reading
Timing. A short explanation on dates and publishing.
SCOKY and COA have a publishing schedule. The Supreme Court publishes it minutes of decisions and other actions for around court week with them coming out the end of the third week of each month SCOKY is in session. The Court of Appeals’ minutes come out every Friday. Then the monthly summaries of published decisions… Continue Reading
Site Changes With Enhanced Menus
I have been spending some more time on this site, and I hope you have noticed some of the changes. Embedding of documents.I can now embed into my posts the actual PDF documents with clickable links and all! This includes the minutes, monthly summaries, argument calendars, etc. from the Court of Justice Web Site.… Continue Reading