Sixth and current Barren County Courthouse was dedicated in 1965, built under the administration of Judge James E. Gillenwater. Designed by Lexington architects Bayless, Clotfelter, and Johnson and built by Ernest Simpson Construction Co. at a cost of $470,000 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Some of the issues before the Court of Appeals are:
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Whether the trial court erroneously granted summary judgment in favor of the appellees on appellants’ negligence and strict liability claims.
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Civil; Corporations; Non-Compete clauses: Whether there are sufficient grounds to reverse a jury verdict.
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Civil; Issues involving tortious interference with: 1) contractual relations, and 2) prospective business advantage/prospective contractual relations as well as whether an underlying contract/agreement existed.
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Whether workers compensation board properly reversed and remanded a worker’s compensation claim which was dismissed by Administrative Law Judge. Appellee was injured while pursing a shoplifter, prior to the beginning of his shift.
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Appeal from adverse possession judgment finding adverse possession of 23.74 acres. Appellant argues the adverse possessory activities of predecessors of title caused a failure to prove elements of adverse possession by clear and convincing evidence and, further, that indispensible parties were not joined to the action
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MOR appeal from jury verdict of guilt. Issues include whether the trial court erred in denying Appellant funds for a pre-trial interpreter, whether instructions were wrongly denied and whether certain testimony should have been disallowed
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Summary judgment and declaratory judgment action regarding rate increases by sanitation district. Coleman, et al. challenged the legality of the increases in light of new legislation resulting in KRS 220.135 and .035 which altered the process for approving such rate increases. Whether the new legislation applied to the contested rate increases; whether a rational relationship existed between the service charges and the benefit realized; whether the doctrine of laches precluded appellants’ claims. Both parties request oral argument.
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Here is the complete list for this month’s COA argument calendar with case names, dates, times, location, parties, counsel:
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