DBL Law attorneys provide updates and commentary on Civil Litigation cases. Click the posts below to learn more.
- June 17, 2019 | Civil Litigation | Firm NewsThe Kentucky Supreme Court recently held that a pre-injury liability waiver signed by a parent on behalf of a minor - Read More
- May 16, 2019 | Civil Litigation | Firm NewsIn a recent decision arising out of Boone County, a unanimous panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals held that - Read More
- March 13, 2019 | Civil Litigation | Firm NewsMarch 13, 2019, CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY –Dressman Benzinger LaVelle psc is pleased to announce that David Kramer, a partner in - Read More
- In a decision issued on February 14, 2019, the Supreme Court of Kentucky held in Oliphant v. Ries, 2017-SC-208, that - Read More
- The Kentucky Supreme Court recently held that a trial court may not entertain a motion for directed verdict at the - Read More
- The Supreme Court of Kentucky recently held that anti-assignment clauses in various settlement agreements in a Workers’ Compensation claim precluded - Read More
- December 14, 2018 | Administrative Law & Zoning | Business Organizations & Taxation | Civil Litigation | Employment & Labor | Firm News | Health Care | Medical Malpractice | News & Events | White Collar Criminal DefenseThirteen DBL Law attorneys have been selected to a 2019 Super Lawyers™ list. Each year, no more than five percent - Read More
- This post continues the discussion from the post made on August 1, 2018, about the new amendments to the Kentucky - Read More
- In Order 2018-11 (issued June 21, 2018, effective August 1, 2018), the Kentucky Supreme Court amended the Kentucky Administrative Rules - Read More
- April 16, 2018 | Civil Litigation | News & EventsThere are no published cases in Kentucky addressing whether a corporate representative must testify on subjects outside of those identified - Read More
- February 26, 2018 | Civil LitigationLawyers who continue to serve paper copies by regular mail of documents that are eFiled or electronically served are simply - Read More
- November 21, 2017 | Civil Litigation | Litigation AlertsIt is a well-known rule among Kentucky appellate litigators that “an appellate court may affirm a trial court for reasons - Read More
- September 5, 2017 | Civil Litigation | Litigation AlertsThe issue sometimes arises in Kentucky medical negligence cases whether a treating physician who is giving a deposition may be - Read More
- August 1, 2017 | Civil Litigation | Litigation AlertsModern federal jurisprudence governing the required standard for stating a cause of action in a complaint has imposed a higher - Read More
- June 27, 2017 | Civil LitigationIn Forcht v. Forcht Bank, N.A., , 2013-CA-1433 (6/23/17), the Kentucky Court of Appeals in a decision by Judge Nickell (joined - Read More
- June 13, 2017 | Civil Litigation | Litigation AlertsIn Jefferson v. Eggemeyer (2015-SC-625, rendered April 27, 2017), the Kentucky Supreme Court’s Justice Keller considered the circumstances under which - Read More
- In McAbee v. Chapman, 504 S.W.3d 18 (Ky. 2016), the Kentucky Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Lisabeth Hughes - Read More
- November 21, 2016 | Civil Litigation | Litigation AlertsIn a recent 2-1 decision, the Kentucky Court of Appeals reduced a massive punitive damages award (four times the substantial - Read More
- August 1, 2016 | Civil LitigationRental property owners and lawyers who advise them should be aware of a recent decision of the Kentucky Court of - Read More
- July 21, 2016 | Civil LitigationIn McCarty v. Covol Fuels No. 2, LLC, 476 S.W. 3d 224 (Ky. 2015), the Kentucky Supreme Court discussed at - Read More
