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Edward A. Brutscher
September 11, 2008 03:11

The Court of Appeals recently posted its minutes for September 5th, here.  One published case dealing with torts and insurance. The case of Rudolph v. Shelter Insurance Companies, the Court of Appeals dealt with the issue of a misrepresentation in a fire policy and whether summary judgment was ...

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Edward A. Brutscher
September 10, 2008 22:08

The Kentucky Law Review recently reported on the $5.1 million dollar verdict in Jefferson County. The KLR notes it is one of the highest awards in recent memory and links to the Courier Journal article, discussing the case. Click on the link to read the entire KLR review with a link to the...

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Edward A. Brutscher
September 10, 2008 19:37

Today I discuss the Court of Appeals Minutes for August 29, 2008, and the interesting case of Lee v. Shower, MD and Maysville Obstetrics, a medical negligence case, which resulted after the death of an infant from complications during delivery. Click the play button to listen. Subscribe to this...

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Edward A. Brutscher
August 26, 2008 00:51

The Court of Appeals has posted its minutes for August 22nd, here.  There was only one published case dealing with torts and insurance.  Please check back for my digest with comments.The Court of Appeals has posted its minutes for August 22nd, here.  There was only one published case dealing with to...

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Edward A. Brutscher
August 26, 2008 00:27

The Kentucky Supreme Court just published Nanny v. Smith, which extended the time for filing a lawsuit in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in those cases where the suit is timely filed, but the clerk delays issuance of a summons. Under Kentucky law the issuance of the summons begins the lawsuit, not...

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Edward A. Brutscher
August 22, 2008 15:23

The Kentucky Supreme Court has posted its minutes for August 21, 2008, here.  Only one important published case dealing with torts and insurance.  Nanny v. Smith, which dealt with the issue of when a Complaint was timely filed; is it when the Complaint is filed or when summons is issued.  You can cl...

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Edward A. Brutscher
August 08, 2008 20:02

It seems like only yesterday that I took a weeks vacation.  Of course, it wasn’t, although you would think so given my lack of postings.  Unfortunately, I am behind and summer seems to have zapped whatever motivation I have had to write about the law.  Or, maybe, I am just really, really, bu...

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Edward A. Brutscher
July 10, 2008 15:52

Microsoft Money has an interesting article on the link between smaller cars and higher insurance bills.  Particularly useful given the statistics which show that Americans are turning to smaller cars to deal with higher gasoline costs.  An excerpt: Americans are looking to smaller cars for savings o...

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Edward A. Brutscher
July 10, 2008 15:40

The Court of Appeals has posted its minutes for July 4th, here.  There weren’t any published cases dealing with torts or insurance.The Court of Appeals has posted its minutes for July 4th, here.  There weren’t any published cases dealing with torts or insurance.

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Edward A. Brutscher
July 09, 2008 17:50

Congratulations to Mike Stevens and his Kentucky Law Review for consistently being in the national top ten of the nation’s blogs.  This is quite an accomplishment.  You can read Mike’s well deserved summary of his blogs accomplishments, here.Congratulations to Mike Stevens and his K...