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This month’s minutes of the published and not to be published decisions, disciplinary matters, discretionary reviews granted and denied, petitions for hearing requested and denied, and more.

28.  Torts. Qualified immunity.  Suicide superseding intervening cause.
Patton vs. David Pickford
Supreme Court of Kentucky Published Opinion AFFIRMING
Torts. Negligence. Causation. Qualified Immunity. Issues include whether summary judgment was properly granted based on qualified immunity of school officials and whether suicide is a superseding cause which extinguishes tort liability.

30.  Workers Compensation. Injury during preemployment physical examination.
Rahla v. Medical Center at Bowling Green
Supreme Court of Kentucky Published Opinion AFFIRMING
Whether the Workers’ Compensation Act covers an injury sustained during a physical examination performed as a condition precedent to employment.

39.  Underinsured Motorist Benefits. Coverage.
State Farm vs. Riggs
Supreme Court of Kentucky Published Opinion REVERSING AND REMANDING
Contract. Automobile Insurance. Underinsured Motorist Coverage. Whether an automobile insurance policy provision requiring underinsured motorist claims to be brought within the same time period as tort claims under the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act—two years from the date of the accident or last basic reparations payment, whichever is later—is valid and enforceable.

43.  Discovery
Norton Hospitals v. Hon. Barry Willett
Supreme Court of Kentucky Published Opinion REVERSING AND REMANDING
Questions Presented:  Trial court cannot participate itself in discovery and produce documents that a party alleges are privileged in the face of a writ challenging the trial court’s determination that they are not privileged. Writ is not moot because relief can still be afforded.

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