I’d have trouble fitting that scenario into a violation of Kentucky’s extortion statute, KRS 514.080, online at https://casetext.com/statute/kentucky-revised-statutes/title-50-kentucky-penal-code/chapter-514-theft-and-related-offenses/section-514080-theft-by-extortion They owe you the money, and you don’t owe them a reference. I did once have former tenants call a year or...

Generally speaking, if the stovetop in this scenario is not defective and it was installed properly, but the tenant or one of the tenant’s guests burned himself or herself while using it, then no, the landlord is not responsible for...

Depends on the jurisdiction and the circumstances. In Kentucky, saying you want to kill someone could get you arrested for menacing, which is intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury, or terroristic threatening, which is threatening...

Punitive damages may be awarded in addition to compensatory damages that have “made the plaintiff whole.” Kentucky Revised Statutes 411.184 – 411.186 allows for punitive damages where a civil defendant has acted with “oppression, fraud, or malice” in injuring the...

While nobody wants to be involved in a car accident, the truth is that accidents are common in and around the Lexington area. According to the Kentucky Department of Transportation, there were more than 158,000 total car accidents reported across...