Category: Monthly Summaries of Published SC and COA Decisions 2012+

Skarupa v. Owensboro Health Healthpark  Opinion by Judge Maze; Judges Goodwine and Lambert concurred.  Appellant filed a negligence action against appellees Owensboro Health and Thomas B. Smith, alleging that Smith negligently...

Stanziano v. Cooley Opinion by Judge Nickell; Judges Combs and K. Thompson concurred.  A former mental patient of Eastern State Hospital shot and killed attorney Mark Stanziano approximately six weeks after being discharged....

Messer v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Company Opinion by Judge Acree; Judges Lambert and Spalding concurred.  The Court of Appeals affirmed the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing appellant’s bad faith...

Louisville SW Hotel, LLC v. LindseyOpinion by Judge K. Thompson; Judges Combs and Lambert concurred. This action was filed after a minor drowned in a hotel swimming pool. The child’s Estate alleged that the pool was...

Richmond v. Hunt Opinion by Judge Combs; Judges Acree and Maze concurred. Appellant brought a medical malpractice action against his treating doctors and the medical practices where they worked, alleging that their failure to...

Upheld Grange policy exclusion which plainly excluded coverage for a non-family occupant insured for UIM coverage under another policy. Appellant was severely injured in an automobile accident while riding as a passenger in one...

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Case Note. Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Spalding  Opinion by Judge Dixon; Judges Combs and Taylor concurred.  Appellee was allegedly told by her insurance agent that she had no underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage...