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Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Fourteen DBL Law Attorneys Named Super Lawyers

DBL Law is pleased to announce that fourteen lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of Super Lawyers®, which recognizes the top 5 percent of attorneys in each...

DBL Law Named a “Best Law Firm” for Sixth Consecutive Year

CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY – November 2, 2015 – DBL Law is pleased to announce, that for the sixth consecutive year since the publication’s inception, it has been named in the...

Cybersecurity Tips to Mitigate Your Company’s Legal Liability

This article was written and published by Carrington Coleman. Cybersecurity & Corporate Governance: How to Move Beyond Fear & Uncertainty to Pragmatic Solutions You’ve read the headlines, seen the statistics,...

SCOKY Clarifies Appropriate Jury Instruction for Informed Consent Claim

In an opinion (see it here) rendered on August 20, 2015, the Kentucky Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict in favor of a surgeon on a claim for failure to...

COAKY Holds Trial Court Jumped the Gun in Granting DV After Plaintiff’s Opening Statement

In an opinion (https://opinions.kycourts.net/coa/2014-CA-001050.pdf) issued in late July, the Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s grant of the defendant’s motion for directed verdict (MDV) that was made immediately...

DBL Partner Kevin Hoskins Named a Cincinnati Business Courier Forty Under 40 Winner

DBL Law is pleased to announce that partner Kevin F. Hoskins has been named a 2015 Cincinnati Business Courier Forty Under 40 winner. This annual awards program recognizes young professionals...

COAKY Affirms Summary Judgment for Property Owner Under “Open and Obvious Hazard” Doctrine; SCOKY Denies Review

In a closely watched premises liability case, the Kentucky Supreme Court recently denied review of and approved for publication an opinion of the Kentucky Court of Appeals upholding a trial...

Untested Scientific Theories Offered by Expert Witnesses can be Admissible if Supported by Evidence

In a recent opinion, the Kentucky Supreme Court examined somewhat novel expert testimony on medical causation and found it admissible under KRE 702 and Daubert.  In Oliphant v. Ries et...

Overruling prior COAKY authority, SCOKY holds appellate substantial-compliance rule applies to post-judgment motions

The Kentucky Supreme Court recently held that a CR 59.05 motion to alter, amend or vacate a judgment that fails to state any grounds, in apparent violation of CR 7.02,...

SCOKY Reverses Verdict for Gender-based Batson Violation; Courts Split on Whether Batson Applies to Sexual Orientation

In a recent criminal case that has application in civil actions, the Kentucky Supreme Court reversed a murder and arson conviction due to the prosecutor’s admitted strategy of using gender...
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