Supreme Court of Kentucky

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Issues:

April 18.  11:00 am.

“Environmental Law. Stigma Damages to Property. The issue is whether and to what extent a property owner may be entitled to additional damages beyond costs of remediation for stigma attaching to property as a result of an environmental injury.”

Discretionary Review granted 9/20/2017
Oldham Circuit Court, Judge Karen A. Conrad
Attorney for Appellants: Joseph E. Conley, Jr.
Attorneys for Appellee: Kenneth Allen Bohnert and Bradley Robert Palmer

April 19.  9:00 am.

“Class Actions. Public Works Contracts. Non-payment of Prevailing Wages. The primary issue in this case is whether the Movants were permitted to bring a class action alleging a failure to pay prevailing wages to workers on qualifying public works projects. Another issue is whether the requirements for a class action were satisfied in this case.”
Discretionary Review granted 10/25/2017
Fayette Circuit Court, Judge Ernesto Scorsone
Attorneys for Appellants: Brent L. Caldwell, William R. Garmer, Jerome Park Prather and Bryce Caldwell
Attorneys for Appellees Haynes Trucking, LLC and L-M Asphalt Partners, LTD D/B/A ATS Construction: Robert E. Maclin, III, Jon Allen Woodall, Brendan Reynolds Yates and Masten Childers, III
Attorneys for Hartford Fire Insurance Co.: Susan C. Sears, La Toi D. Mayo and J. Andrew Inman

April 19.  10:00 am.

“Juvenile Law. Competency. Jurisdiction. KRS 635.020(4). Issues involve district court jurisdiction to conduct a competency hearing regarding a 14-year old who allegedly committed murder and first-degree robbery.”

Discretionary Review granted 8/16/17
Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge Brian C. Edwards
Attorneys for Appellant: Michael J. O’Connell, David A. Sexton, and ChristopherBrown
Attorneys for Appellee: Daniel T. Goyette, Bruce P. Hackett and Elizabeth Zilberberg