Opinion. My Suggestions for Increasing the KBA’s Client Security Fund
Here is a note from the most recent Board of Governor’s Meeting:”President Ballantine...
Read More
Category: Opinions and Editorials
Attorney Sidebar: Appellate Judging and Philosophy of Law
To me, this is how an appellate judge should approach a case. Jurisprudence is a deeper thing than just a matter of logic and rules. The law is not about a bag of tricks, but a lot of lawyers think it is. They think...
Read MoreOP-ED: Call Your State Senator and Leave Message to “VOTE NO ON SENATE BILL 2”
“Vote No on Senate Bill 2” Your right to a trial by jury of your peers is under siege. I encourage every citizen to contact their Kentucky State Senator and ask them to “Vote No on Senate Bill 2”. Please...
Read MoreAttorney Sidebar: Clarence Darrow on Fighting Power, Injustice and Oppression
When Clarence Darrow was tried for subornation of perjury, he told jury in his own defense — I have committed one crime… Which cannot be forgiven. I have stood for the weak and the poor. I have stood for [those] who toil.… I...
Read MoreCase Note: Ronald Eggemeyer vs. Dr. Ted H. Jefferson, COA, Published 6/12/2015
Ronald Eggemeyer vs. Dr. Ted H. Jefferson, COA, Published 6/12/2015 [Editor’s note: This decision reflects a major miscarriage of justice which will result in a third trial on a medical negligence issue. It is a worthy...
Read MoreAttorney Sideebar: Six Traps You Should Watch Out for in Auto Accident Releases, or Get Ready To Stand Up to A Bully
Here are six TRAPS to watch out for when the liability insurer wants to settle and your client is anxious for the money. Items in a release the liability insurer may present in a brute show of force, stealthily added to the...
Read MoreCase Notes: Another Court of Appeals, Post-Shelton, “open and obvious”, slip and fall, jury question, question – Ward vs. JKP Investments LLC and James Kevin Porter, COA Published 1/23/2015
The title of this post says it all, and to put it in perspective, I will lead with Judge Maze’s dissent from the majority in this decision (Judges Vanmeter and Kramer (formerly Moore)). I was present during the oral...
Read MoreCase Notes: A River Runs Through It in Jurisdiction issues in case involving medical treatment in Louisville but followup surgery across the Ohio River (Cooper vs. Dr. Ajith Nair, Kentuckiana Pain Specialists and Metro Specialty Surgery Center, COA NPO 1/9/2015)
This decision highlights what the risks are when you select a Louisville physician who then ships you across the river to Indiana for surgery (where there is more favorable medical malpractice protection for the doctor...
Read MoreElections: Michael O’Connell and Karen Faulkner, Candidates for Jefferson County Attorney, will debate at the LBA on March 28
Elections tend to favor the incumbent in any office. And greatly favor the Jefferson County attorney who has so many tools at his disposal just to keep his name in the news that it is very, very disturbing. But, that’s...
Read MoreMike O’Connell, Jefferson County Attorney, and the Price of “Loyalty”.
“It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.” Robert C. Byrd A recent op-ed from the Courier-Journal discussed how elected government officials in...
Read MoreGovernment Closings for Monday January 6, 2014 in Jefferson County
From the Wave 3 News web site, the following government closings are noted for Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky. I have no information for other counties: JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE: CLOSED JEFFERSON CO...
Read MoreNEWS: Supreme Court of Kentucky Receives a “Failing” Grade on the Financial Disclosure Requirements for the Justices
Kentucky gets a failing grade on its report card published by the Center for Public Integrity which evaluated the disclosure rules for judges in the highest state courts nationwide in story entitled “Justice...
Read MoreOp-Ed. And the hits just keep coming. Kentucky Social Security Disability Lawyer Eric Conn pleads the Fifth on Capital Hill hearings, and Justice Will Scott must explain his campaign finances.
A strong argument for a judicial appointment process over a judicial election process can be found in the recent stories regarding Kentucky lawyer Eric Conn and Supreme Court of Kentucky Justice Will T. Scott. Regardless of the...
Read More