Part One: An Introduction When the police are called to a motor vehicle accident (“MVA”), the officer writes a report using a standard form called a Kentucky Uniform Police Traffic Collision Report. The report will give the time and place...
Read More That depends on whether or not your definition of criminal cases includes violations of the traffic code. It’s quite common for the same collision to result in both a traffic citation and a civil lawsuit. Outside of traffic offenses, it’s...
Read More No, unless the parties want to make the settlement part of the record. If the settlement ends a lawsuit, the lawyers for the party will prepare an agreed order of dismissal to be entered by the court. The settlement agreement...
Read More Whether the tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (“IIED,” also known as the “tort of outrage”) is recognized at all depends on the state. Kentucky recognizes this cause of action, but reserves it as a “gap filler” where no...
Read More 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...
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