The Court of Appeals posted  16 decisions this week, numbered 978 through 993 with 2 decisions designated for publication.

Published Court of Appeals Decisions

Here are the links to the full text of each published case for this week with a short synopsis or topic listed for each.  

982.Employment.  Police officers claims  they were entitled to education incentive pay as part of employment prior to their retirement were denied.
Dearborn v. City of Frankfort
Court of Appeals Published Opinion AFFIRMING Franklin Cir. Ct.

992 Criminal Law.  Unrepresented DUI district court defendant was properly advised of her constitutional rights prior to unconditional guilty plea and deal.
Mullakandov v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 
Court of Appeals Published Opinion AFFIRMING Logan Cir. Ct.

Selected Not To Be Published Decisions Dealing with tort, insurance and civil procedure:

None this week.

All decisions regardless of publication are posted and can be read, but those decisions designated not for publication cannot be cited as legal authority.  See, KRCP 76.28(4)(c)(“Opinions that are not to be published shall not be cited or used as binding precedent in any other case in any court of this state; however, unpublished Kentucky appellate decisions, rendered after January 1, 2003, may be cited for consideration by the court if there is no published opinion that would adequately address the issue before the court. Opinions cited for consideration by the court shall be set out as an unpublished decision in the filed document and a copy of the entire decision shall be tendered along with the document to the court and all parties to the action.”)

You will find the complete list of this weeks decisions below with number, names of parties, case number, lower court (eg., county), etc. with a hot link to the full text of the decision.  Please note that you will have to check Case Information for each decision for finality, amendments, rehearing, or other matters including motions for discretionary review (MDR) filed with the Supreme Court of Kentucky.

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