Category: Causes of Action

Cause of Action: Retail Store (Wal-Mart) Owed No Duty to Patrons of store when altercation occurs ; PJ Combs Affirming Held Wal-Mart had no duty either to prevent or to intervene in a physical altercation involving several of its patrons (Rose v. Wal-Mart, COA, NPO 9/12/2014)

Torts.  Duty Owed to Patrons of store when altercation occurs Rose vs. Wal-Mart COA Not Published 9/12/2014; PJ Combs Affirming Held Wal-Mart had no duty either to prevent or to intervene in a physical altercation involving...

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Cause of Action. Kentucky is not a “direct action” state. Insurance company not proper defendant in wrongful death claim resulting in dismissal withOUT prejudice (Estate of Moore vs. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. COA, NPO 2/21/2014)

Estate of Moore vs. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co COA, NPO 2/21/2014 PJ Caperton Affirming in Part, Reversing in Part, and Remanding Allen County Affirmed dismissal of wrongful death claim (but without prejudice) asserted...

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CAUSES of ACTION: Legal Negligence and “Suit within a suit” resolution of underlying premises liability claim moots legal negligence suit (Freeman vs. Becker Law Office)

Legal Malpractice, Premises Liability and “Suit Within a Suit” Tonia Freeman vs. Becker Law Office, Kevin Renfro, Bubalo Heistand & Rotman, and Dianne E. Sonne COA, Not Published 1/10/20014 This is a legal...

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Wilma Jean Shelton vs. Kentucky Easter Seals Society, Inc., 2011-SC-000554-DG, SC, Published 11/22/2013 – Open and Obvious Doctrine Buried

A 4-3 decision announced this past week and authored by Chief Justice Minton should end nearly three years of parsing and quibbling over their earlier decision in Kentucky River Medical Center v. McIntosh,  319 S.W.3d 385 (Ky....

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