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Litigation & Dispute Resolution

SCOKY Rule Change Requires Annual Dues Renewal of Pro Hac Vice Admission

Effective March 1, 2020, an amendment to the Kentucky Supreme Court Rules (specifically, SCR 3.030(3)(a)) will require pro hac vice admission fees to be paid annually to the Kentucky Bar...

Northern Kentucky Attorney Named To Top 50 KY Super Lawyer List

DBL Law partner David Kramer has been identified as one of the Top 50 attorneys in Kentucky in the 2020 Super Lawyers nomination, research and blue ribbon review process. Super...

SCOKY Affirms Default Judgment Against Nonresident Defendant Who Refused Certified Mail Service

A recent decision of the Kentucky Supreme Court highlights the risk a nonresident defendant takes in refusing to accept certified mail service of a summons and complaint from the Kentucky...

Kentucky Defense Counsel Recognizes DBL Partner David Kramer

The statewide civil defense lawyers’ organization Kentucky Defense Counsel presented a special Executive Committee Award to DBL Law partner David Kramer upon his stepping down after nearly seven years as...

SCOKY Clarifies and Reinforces Procedure for Error Preservation of Trial Court’s Denial of Jury Challenge for Cause

In Ward v. Commonwealth, 2018-SC-56 (rendered 10/31/19), the Kentucky Supreme Court discussed the proper procedure for preserving for appellate review an alleged error by the trial court in denying a...

The First Step in Criminal Justice Reform

In December 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act. This legislation passed with overwhelming support from both sides of the aisle. During the State of Union address, President Trump...

Kentucky Supreme Court Voids Trampoline Park’s Pre-injury Liability Waiver Signed By Parent On Behalf Of Child

The Kentucky Supreme Court recently held that a pre-injury liability waiver signed by a parent on behalf of a minor child in favor of a for-profit trampoline park was unenforceable....

Dismissal For Failure To Revive Voids Jury Verdict In Favor of Plantiff’s Estate

In a recent decision arising out of Boone County, a unanimous panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in not dismissing a pending civil...

DBL Law’s David Kramer Named Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

March 13, 2019, CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY –Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc is pleased to announce that David Kramer, a partner in the firm, has become a Fellow of the American College...

Kentucky Supreme Court aligns with KDC amicus brief authored by DBL Law attorneys

In a decision issued on February 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of Kentucky held in Oliphant v. Ries, 2017-SC-208, that a litigant is not obligated to supplement a CR 26...
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