KEITH RANDALL SPARKMAN, D/B/A IN-DEPTH SANITARY SERVICE GROUP, ET AL.
V.
CONSOL ENERGY, INC., ET AL.
Granted Discretionary Review on 12/11/2013
Lower Court: KNOTT CIRCUIT COURT; NO. 06-CI-00060
Lower Court Judge: HON KIMBERLY CHILDERS
Issue: Jurisdiction on appeal over named parties
Supreme Court of Kentucky
- SC Case No: 2013-SC-000119-DG
- SC Case Information
- Related Case: 2013-SC-000831
Court of Appeals
- COA Case No: 2009CA001926
- Associated Case information: 2009-CA-002123
- Case Information at COA
- COA Decision – Full Text
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It hard not to read between the lines here and conclude that the court felt that the jury award was too large. Overturning 6 years of litigation including a jury award because of “Group” vs “Inc” when everyone knew who the parties were, and neither side questioned the name.