Supreme Court Justice Robert Trimble from 1826-1828, practiced law in Bourbon County, served in US House of Representatives. He died in Paris, Kentucky and was buried in the Paris Cemetery. Trimble County, Kentucky is named in his honor. For more information on Justice Trimble, then copy this link into your browser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Trimble Photo from United States Supreme Court
The Court of Appeals of Kentucky released its summary of published decisions for May 2014. Some of the issues addressed include (some of which are of concern to injury lawyers) –
– appeal of order denying motion to compel was dismissed as untimely since it was final and appealable even without the magic language in Diversicare Healthcare vs. Est. of Hopkins;
– document signed by patient’s son during admission to nursing home containing compulsory arbitration by saying “Take care of it for me” did not meet the Ping v. Beverly Enterprises standard (Kindred Healthcare vs. Henson);
– attorney lien question (Ford v. Faller);
– standing in business dissolution (Chou v. Chilton);
– consumer protection, sale of mobile home “as is” (Elendt v. Green Tree Servicing);
– individual fiscal court members entitled to qualified official immunity regarding street sign selections (Est. of Morris vs. Smith);
– contract for hire in Indiana vs. Kentucky.
For the complete archive of monthly summaries from the Kentucky Court of Appeals, then click here.
For the complete list of March summaries of the PUBLISHED decisions from the Kentucky Court of Appeals with names, digest, topic, and links to the full text of the actual decision, then continue reading.
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