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Tuesday, October 31, 2000
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CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINARS
Friday, November 3 - "Physician Practice Compliance
Issues" for 3.0 CLE Hours Contact www.loubar.org
for more info.
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Oyez, Oyez, Learn Some Local Louisville Legal Lore
- Join Thomas L. Owen, archivist and local historian at the
University of Louisville, for a historical tour, "Lawyering
and Lawmaking in Downtown Louisville."
- Mr. Owen is sure to offer an enthusiastic, informative and
entertaining tour of the downtown legal community.
- For the convenience of LBA members, the LBA will sponsor this
free tour on two separate days - Tuesday, October 31 and
Thursday, November 2. Register by contacting the LBA at
583-5314.
- For more details about the event, please visit
http://www.loubar.org/article.html?id=4576
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Jefferson
County Hall
of Justice renovations nearly done
Louisville
Courier-Journal
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Nearly two years in the making, and the home for
Jefferson County's district and juvenile courts is not quite
done. But they are almost there. Read about the
improvements.
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Lawrence County District Judges Race - Experience Touted by Both
Candidates
The Daily Independent
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Lapses in Kentucky's DUI Treatment Programs Examined by
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Part of Kentucky's answer to the question of how to control drunken
driving is court-ordered treatment but records show the $10
million-a-year treatment industry raises questions of its own. .
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Read What Lexington Says About the
Louisville/Jefferson Merger
Lexington Herald-Leader
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"Average Joe" Robber Pleads Guilty
Kentucky
Pos
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A Verona man accused of being the ''Average Joe'' bank robber
pleaded guilty today to 11 holdups over the past two years,
beginning with one in Crestview Hills in 1998.
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Sexual Harassment Suits Settled at Western Kentucky University
Bowling
Green The Daily News
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Three women who accused the former director of Western Kentucky
University’s Glasgow campus of sexual harassment, stalking and
unwanted romantic overtures – and accused Western leaders of
failing to respond to their complaints – will split a $290,000
settlement in the matter.
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Court of Appeals Denies Rehearing in $6.2 million suit against
Krogers
Winchester Sun
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals has denied a rehearing for the Kroger
Co., allowing the $6.2 million lawsuit filed by five Winchester
plaintiffs against the grocery chain to move forward.
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Nun On a Mission to Ring Out Executions
The Kentucky Standard
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Jefferson County Guard's Murder Trial in Lexington
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- After more than a year of delays, the public
may finally learn more about what happened in jail cell 6 in
Jefferson County's Hall of Justice on Jan. 7, 1998 -- the night
inmate Adrian Reynolds died. The murder trial of Timothy Barnes,
one of five corrections officers who struggled with Reynolds
that night, is scheduled to begin today in Lexington .Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
- Final jury selection and opening statements are
expected today in the case against Timothy Barnes, a former
Jefferson County corrections officer accused of killing jail
inmate Adrian Reynolds nearly three years ago.
Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
- Reynolds died Jan. 7, 1998, after a scuffle
with a half-dozen Jefferson County jail guards in his tiny cell
beneath Louisville's Hall of Justice. Hard blows to his head
killed him. Kentucky civil-rights groups say he's another victim
of law enforcement's brutality against black men. Lexington
Herald-Leader
- Prosecutors yesterday
described former Jefferson County corrections officer Timothy
Barnes as a hulk of a man who, out of anger and frustration,
used unnecessary force that led to the death of an agitated
inmate.
Barnes' attorney, however, painted a much different portrait. He
claimed Barnes was only doing his job even trying to save the
inmate's life as he tried to protect himself and other officers
from a violent and psychotic prisoner who was trying to kill
himself in his cell. Lexington
Herald-Leader
- A jury of 14 whites
and two blacks heard strikingly different versions yesterday of
how jail inmate Adrian Reynolds died in the basement of
Jefferson County's Hall of Justice in January of 1998.
Louisville
Courier-Journal
- One of
the five Jefferson County corrections officers who struggled
with inmate Adrian Reynolds the night he died in jail testified
yesterday that, while he held Reynolds down on the floor, he
noticed a boot on the prisoner's head. Louisville
Courier-Journal
- One
of the five Jefferson County corrections officers who struggled
with inmate Adrian Reynolds the night he died in jail told a
jury yesterday that he might not have done exactly what Officer
Timothy Barnes did that night. Louisville
Courier-Journal
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October 30, 2000
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Study Supports Racial Profiling By Louisville Police
Louisville
Courier-Journal
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Ashland Discrimination Case Settled for $40,000
The Daily Independent
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Court of Appeals - DOT Can Require Billboard Permits
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Web Site to Track Down Unidentified Bodies
Lexington Herald-Leader
- http://www.unidentifiedremains.net
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Court-Ordered DUI Programs Running Unchecked in Kentucky
Lexington Herald-Leader
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11 Local Option Wet Dry Elections from New Law
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Special Judge Rules Alcohol Sales Law Applies to Small Towns
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Kentucky Attorney General Speaks to Bardstown
Rotary
Bardstown
The Kentucky Standard
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Joel McCoy to be Tried for Murder Second Time in
Marion County
Lebanon Enterprise
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Arrests Made in Crittendon Amish School Bombing
The Crittenden Press
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Jefferson County Guard's Murder Trial in Lexington
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- After more than a year of delays, the public
may finally learn more about what happened in jail cell 6 in
Jefferson County's Hall of Justice on Jan. 7, 1998 -- the night
inmate Adrian Reynolds died. The murder trial of Timothy Barnes,
one of five corrections officers who struggled with Reynolds
that night, is scheduled to begin today in Lexington .Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
- Final jury selection and opening statements are
expected today in the case against Timothy Barnes, a former
Jefferson County corrections officer accused of killing jail
inmate Adrian Reynolds nearly three years ago.
Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
- Reynolds died Jan. 7, 1998, after a scuffle
with a half-dozen Jefferson County jail guards in his tiny cell
beneath Louisville's Hall of Justice. Hard blows to his head
killed him. Kentucky civil-rights groups say he's another victim
of law enforcement's brutality against black men. Lexington
Herald-Leader
- Prosecutors yesterday
described former Jefferson County corrections officer Timothy
Barnes as a hulk of a man who, out of anger and frustration,
used unnecessary force that led to the death of an agitated
inmate.
Barnes' attorney, however, painted a much different portrait. He
claimed Barnes was only doing his job even trying to save the
inmate's life as he tried to protect himself and other officers
from a violent and psychotic prisoner who was trying to kill
himself in his cell. Lexington
Herald-Leader
- A jury of 14 whites
and two blacks heard strikingly different versions yesterday of
how jail inmate Adrian Reynolds died in the basement of
Jefferson County's Hall of Justice in January of 1998.
Louisville
Courier-Journal
- One of
the five Jefferson County corrections officers who struggled
with inmate Adrian Reynolds the night he died in jail testified
yesterday that, while he held Reynolds down on the floor, he
noticed a boot on the prisoner's head. Louisville
Courier-Journal
 One
of the five Jefferson County corrections officers who struggled
with inmate Adrian Reynolds the night he died in jail told a
jury yesterday that he might not have done exactly what Officer
Timothy Barnes did that night. Louisville
Courier-Journal
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October 27, 2000
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Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $157,500
Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
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Oldham County and its insurer have paid $157,500 to
settle a lawsuit filed by a former police officer who charged that
she was the victim of sexual harassment and discrimination.
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ACLU Wants Legal Fees For Fighting KY's Abortion Law
Kentucky
Post
Louisville
Courier-Journa
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The American Civil Liberties Union wants a federal judge to award
more than $400,000 in court costs and legal fees stemming from the
group's two-year fight against a Kentucky anti-abortion law.
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Accused Murderer in Covington Case Taking Stand
Kentucky
Post
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Court Commissioner Loses Law License
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Garrard County Circuit Court Master Commissioner David K. Layton was
suspended from practicing law yesterday by the Kentucky Supreme
Court, which said there is evidence he has been mishandling funds.
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Ky Supreme Court Reverses Ouster of School Board Members
Lexington Herald-Leader
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The state's ouster of three members of the Russell County school
board was overturned yesterday by the Kentucky Supreme Court. The
justices said the Kentucky Board of Education exceeded its authority
by basing ousters on a law forbidding school systems with budget
deficits to spend money without written permission from the
commissioner of education.
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Ky Whistleblower Law Held Constitutional by Supreme Court
Lexington Herald-Leader
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A ``whistleblower'' law designed to protect public employees who
expose wrongdoing is constitutional, and courts can impose damages
to punish government agencies that violate it, the Kentucky Supreme
Court ruled yesterday.
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Ky Supreme Court Limits Sovereign Immunity
Lexington Herald-Leader
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The Floyd County Development Authority and its chairman have no
constitutional protection from lawsuits, the Kentucky Supreme Court
ruled yesterday. It reversed two lower courts that found the agency
and its chairman to be cloaked by the doctrine of ``sovereign
immunity,'' as are state and county governments.
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Knox County Doctor's Motion for Anonymity Denied
Barbourville Mountain
Advocate
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A Knox County judge has dismissed a motion
filed by Dr. John Doe seeking anonymity from a sexual harassment
case filed against him with the state board of licensure.
Barbourville Attorney Randy Jewell, who
represents Doe, filed the motion in October asking for a permanent
or temporary injuction allowing the doctor to remain unnamed. The
temporary injunction was granted and the case was sealed.
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Scott County Deputy Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge
Georgetown News-Graphic
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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Police
in Lexington will examine the investigation of the beating death of
a University of Kentucky professor in 1997 now that a jury has
awarded $385,000 to a man who said he was falsely named as a
suspect.
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October 26, 2000
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Hardin County Sheriff, Commonwealth Attorney Sued in Fed Court
Elizabethtown The
News-Enterprise
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An Elizabethtown man has filed suit in
federal court claiming he was held in jail for 18 months on charges
he sexually abused a 16-year-old, even after the alleged victim
recanted and a lab found no physical evidence.
The suit filed by Artemus Mullins names as
defendants Sgt. Bobby Baker and Lt. Mary Hall, Hardin County Sheriff
Bobby Thomas and Hardin County Commonwealth's Attorney Jeff England.
Baker and Hall are both sheriff's deputies.
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Trial Begins in Pike County Beating Death
Pikeville Appalachian
News Express
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Richard “Bebay” Roberts had a footlocker stashed away in his
home crammed with important papers, rare coins, old knives and a
photograph of a former girlfriend and her children in happier days.
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Man Arrested in Ashland Slaying
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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Robbery and drugs are believed to have played a role in the slaying
of a Vanceburg man whose body was found in a shallow grave Tuesday
afternoon.
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Arraignment Set for Grayson Funeral Home Shooting
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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The man
accused of shooting Olive Hill funeral home owner William Waddell is
scheduled for arraignment early next month.
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Northern KY Man Sentenced for Molesting Step-Daughter
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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A man who admitted molesting his step-daughter was sentenced Tuesday
to seven years in prison, but the girl's mother said her child will
face a lifetime of painful memories.
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Trial in Northern Kentucky - Stabbing Act of Pure Meanness
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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Gregory Saylor admits that he killed his friend and drinking buddy,
Thomas Faulconer, but insists he did so only after Faulconer pulled
a gun and threatened to kill him. Prosecutor Anthony Bracke, though,
said Saylor was never threatened, and he killed the 48-year-old
Faulconer out of pure meanness.
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2 Indicted in Somerset for Kicking Retarded Man @ Hospital
Louisville
The Courier-Journal
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Two former patient aides at the state's Oakwood
hospital for the mentally retarded were charged yesterday with
kicking a patient in the head.
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Error in DUI Law May Keep Drunk Drivers Out of Jail
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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A provision in Kentucky's new DUI law aimed at giving jail time to
those who refuse to take blood-alcohol tests may not apply to
first-time offenders. Sponsors said the difference is an error that
occured during the editing process for the bill.
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Bardstown Man Arrested for Rape/Sodomy Charges
Bardstown
The Kentucky Standard
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'Average Joe' Bank Robber May Plead Guilty in
Federal Court
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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Member of Prominent Gallatin Family Charged in FBI
Drug Sting
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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FBI Report - Crime Down in Louisville and
Jefferson County
Louisville
The Courier-Journal
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October 25 2000
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Sears Settles Wrongful Death Suit in Covington
Kentucky
Post
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The family of an Aurora, Ind., man who died last year while doing
electrical work at the Sears store at Florence Mall has settled
their federal lawsuit out of court. Amount not disclosed in
court papers.
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Covington Rape Trial Continued - Mother Charged in
Rape of Her Daughter
Kentucky
Post
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A mother accused of allowing two men to rape her young daughter will
have to wait another six weeks to make her case in court.
Kenton Circuit Judge Steve Jaeger on Monday agreed to delay the
trial for the 24-year-old woman; for Brian Asbury, 37, described as
the mother's live-in boyfriend; and for Carl Pennington, 31.
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Six Aggravating Circumstances of New DUI Law Looked At
Lexington Herald-Leader
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The new DUI law set mandatory jail sentences for people who commit
one of six ``aggravating circumstances'' during their drunken
driving arrest. Those are:
- Driving 30 mph or more over the speed limit.
- Driving the wrong way on a limited-access highway.
- Causing a wreck that seriously hurts or kills someone
- Having a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.18 or more.
- Refusing to take the blood-alcohol test. (Due to a mistake in
the wording of the law, this does not apply to first-offense
cases).
- Having a passenger under age 12.
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Kentucky Man Jailed for Selling Bogus Stock in Minnesota Twins
Kentucky
Post
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A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for
taking $150,000 from investors who thought they were buying shares
of the Minnesota Twins baseball team. Michael T. Casey, 57,
pleaded guilty in July to three wire fraud charges before U.S.
District Judge Karl S. Forester of Covington.
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DUI law loophole lets some avoid jail
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Hundreds of drunken drivers apparently will avoid mandatory jail
time because of an error in Kentucky's new
driving-under-the-influence law. Sponsors wanted the law to punish
people who refuse to take a blood-alcohol test by putting them in
jail for at least four days. Kentucky requires its licensed drivers
to submit to a blood, breath or urine test (all of which measure the
blood's alcohol content) when asked by a police officer. Test
results can show if a driver was legally drunk; a refusal makes the
prosecutor's job more difficult.
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Louisville Cop Arrested For Domestic Assault
Louisville
The Courier-Journal
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Louisville police officer has been placed on paid administrative
leave after being charged with assault in an alleged domestic
dispute with his wife at their Shively home
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Fraud Suit Against Lexington Police Nearing
End
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Closing arguments are to be heard this morning and a verdict could
come today in the Fayette Circuit Court trial of a lawsuit Barnett
filed in 1999 against Lexington police officers David Lyons and
Craig Sorrell and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.
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Owensboro - Man Pleads Guilty in Death of 10 Year
Old at Motel
Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
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Glasgow council approves ordinance requiring
criminal records check for youth sports coaches
Glasgow Glasgow
Daily Times
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Franklin Circuit Judge Hopes to Rule on Wet-Dry
Law by Election Day
Elizabethtown The
News-Enterprise
See related story in Kentucky New Era
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Upcoming CLE @ Louisville Bar Association
Wednesday, October 25 - "Practical Aspects of Legal Ethics in
Kentucky" for 2.0 CLE Ethics Hours
Thursday, October 26 - "Tenth Annual Domestic Relations
Update" for 2.0 CLE Hours
Friday, October 27 - "Due Diligence Issues for Title Agents and
Residential Real Estate Attorneys" for 3.0 CLE Hours
To register for any of the seminars listed above, please visit
http://www.loubar.org/clecalendar.html
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Record
Award for Brain Injury
The National Law Journal
A Virginia jury hit Norfolk Southern
Railway Co. with what could be the largest verdict for a mild
traumatic brain injury, ordering the railroad to pay nearly $46
million to a 33-year-old man who was injured when a train derailed.
Donald French was sitting in his office at a Gainesville, Va., gas
station when a railroad car loaded with pick-up trucks turned over
and skidded into French's building.
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October 24, 2000
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Jefferson Family Court Judge Mary Corey Retiring
Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
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Jefferson District Judge Mary Corey -- the first
woman to preside in the county's Family Court when it began as an
experiment -- is stepping down after 15 years on the bench. She is
retiring effective Nov. 4.
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Guards Suspended Under Allegations of Excessive Force
Louisville
Courier-Journal On-Line
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Four Jefferson County corrections officers have been
suspended pending the outcome of an internal investigation into
allegations that they used excessive force to subdue an inmate last
week.
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Judge to Hear Wet-Dry Constitutional Vote Issue in Georgetown
Lexington Herald-Leader
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In two weeks, residents in nine dry cities and two dry counties will
vote on allowing restaurants to sell alcohol. But a hearing in
Franklin Circuit Court on Tuesday could ultimately have the final
say about alcohol sales, whatever the outcome of the Nov. 7
elections.
The new state law that allows otherwise dry communities to permit
alcohol sales in restaurants is being challenged in court by the
Temperance League of Kentucky and some Georgetown residents.
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Civil Suits Winding Down re Ashland Financial Consultant
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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The slew of civil suits that surrounded the conviction of a
Bellefonte financial consultant two years ago is close to being
resolved, according to court records.
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Bardstown Teen Indicted on Murder Charges
Bardstown The
Kentucky Standard
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Other Stories
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October 23, 2000
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Inquest Set for Man Who Jumped in River While in
Police Custody
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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A coroner's inquest is scheduled for Nov. 15 to
examine the circumstances of the death of Louis Wade Hermann, who
jumped into the Ohio River Sept. 16 while handcuffed and in
Louisville police custody.
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Detention Center Cleared of Charges
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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The Campbell County Regional Juvenile Detention
Center has been cleared of wrongdoing in three cases involving
youths
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Court of Appeals Reinstates Jail Time for Mother of Truants
Lexington Lexington
Herald-Leader
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A jail sentence for a woman who repeatedly allowed her children to
skip school was reinstated by the Kentucky Court of Appeals
yesterday.
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State Family Workers Charged With Incest
Lexington Lexington
Herald-Leader
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An employee with the state Cabinet for Families and Children and her
husband have been jailed on charges that the man had sexual contact
with their daughter while the mother videotaped it.
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Ex-Fleming-Neon police chief gets 6 years for robbery
Lexington
Lexington Herald-Leader
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Former Fleming-Neon Police Chief Danny Neil Yonts has been sentenced
to nearly six years in federal prison for his role in a bank robbery
more than two years ago. Yonts was sentenced this week to 70 months
in prison and must pay back about $22,000 to Community Trust Bank of
Fleming-Neon, which was robbed in February 1998.
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Lawsuit Filed Against Scott County Deputy for
Excessive Force
Georgetown Georgetown
News-Graphic
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Barbourville Mountain
Advocate October 19 edition
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- Judge has overruled a motion to limit testimony about video
surveillance tapes in the trial of a Knox County man charged
with indecent exposure last spring at a popular recreational
area.
- A 19-year-old man will have sex abuse charges against him
heard by the grand jury for allegedly fondling a seven-year-old
girl.
- Robberies of Knox County business people and residents top the
list of indictments handed down by the grand jury Friday in Knox
Circuit Court.
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Federal Lawsuit Filed In Owensboro Over Alleged
Bank Fraud
Henderson The
Gleaner
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Domestic Violence Victims Remembered at Jefferson
Court House
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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Calloway
County Man Convicted of Cocaine Charges
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Hawesville man charged with attempted manslaughter
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Lewisport woman faces animal cruelty charges
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Charges may be dropped against
Hopkinsville off-duty policemen
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A federal appeals panel in Cincinnati
upheld the conviction of former Eastern Kentucky prosecutor Lawrence
Ray Carmichael.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
spoke about the constitutional issue of creating laws through the
courts in an address to University of Louisville School of Law
alumni and local attorneys on 10/19/2000.
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October 19, 2000
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West Virginians Indicted for Killing in Pike County
Pikeville Appalachian
News Express
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Pike County Driver Indicted in Death of His
Passenger
Pikeville Appalachian
News Express
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Plea Bargaining Shaping Up for Scott Deputy's Drug
Dealing
or Let's Take a nibble Out of Crime and Bite the Others
Georgetown Georgetown
News-Graphic
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Scott County Sheriff's Deputy charged with complicity to grow
marijuana will most likely be looking at a much lighter charge soon,
said Commonwealth’s Attorney and special prosecutor Jack Keith.
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But the Deal Ain't So Sweet When You Steal From the Man (Cops)
Hopkinsville Kentucky
New Era
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Hopkinsville man has been sentenced to five years in prison for
stealing law enforcement property and two four-wheelers earlier this
year, according to court record.
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Ohio Man Stalks Kentucky Sheriff
Cincinnati
Enquirer
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A Butler County man accused of stalking and threatening a Kentucky
sheriff faces a hearing today to determine whether he will be sent
to the Bluegrass State to face those charges.
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Catlettsburg Man Convicted
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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A Boyd Circuit Court jury Wednesday found Jeffrey
Lynn Beach, 37, guilty of pistol-whipping and shooting a Westwood
man in his Iowa Street apartment while the man's wife cowered in the
bedroom. The jury recommended, and Circuit Judge C. David Hagerman
imposed, two 15-year sentences and a 20-year sentence, all to be
served consecutively.
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Stupid is as Stupid Does - Scientists revive 250 million year old
bacteria
Owensboro Owenboro
Messenger-Inquirer
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Maybe it should have been left alone. In what sounds
like something out of "Jurassic Park," bacteria that lived
before the dinosaurs and survived Earth's biggest mass extinction
have been reawakened after a 250-million-year sleep in a salt
crystal, scientists say
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UPS Packer Awarded $775,000 Against Company for Improperly
Sending Toxic Pacage - California
BusinessWire
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Chicago Man Receives $4 Million over racial slurs
Sun
Times
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October 18, 2000
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Jefferson County Has a Backlog of 70,000 Arrest Warrants!
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Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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A fragmented system for serving warrants, worsened by
antiquated record keeping, has resulted in a backlog of about 70,000
outstanding warrants -- including nearly 13,000 felony cases -- in
Jefferson County, court officials say. Many arrested with
outstanding warrants because sheriff could not get them served.
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Local Lawyer Has Dream for a Monument to Martin Luther King
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Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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Atty Tom Williams had a dream and wrote to Congress
about it - to have a monument at the LIncoln Memorial for Martin
Luther King's ' I Have a Dream Speech' in 1963. The dream
became a letter, and the letter became a Congressional bill to erect
a plaque at the Lincoln Memorial, marking it as the spot where the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream"
speech in 1963. The bill eventually cleared both the House and the
Senate, and it has been sent to President Clinton to sign.
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For the
complete text of that memorable speech on August 28, 1963 - CLICK
HERE. |
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Ashland Couple Tell Jury of Horrors Being Shot in Boyd Trial
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Ashland The
Daily Independent
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Lloyd and Kathy Evans both testified in Boyd Circuit Court about
being asleep in their Westwood home in early 1998 when two men broke
in, robbed them and shot one of them
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Court of App. to Hear Murray State Marilyn Manson T-Shirt Case
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Owensboro Owenboro
Messenger-Inquirer
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A Kentucky Court of Appeals will decide if Murray State University
student Star Morgan was guilty of harassment when she wore a Marilyn
Manson T-shirt to a Marshall County festival. The three-judge
panel met in Owensboro Tuesday to hear arguments in the case, but is
not expected to issue a ruling for at least six weeks, said Judge
Tom Emberton.
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Funeral Director's Assets Not Enough to Cover Those Cheated
Elizabethtown The
News-Enterprise
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However, his attorney Doug Hubbard has a lien of
$75,000 for his legal fees in representing Brownfield over the last
few months - and no trial yet.
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Owensboro Shoots Down Legal Plan Benefit for
Employees
Owensboro Owenboro
Messenger-Inquirer
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Six defendants were sentenced in Clark Circuit Court Drug Case
Winchester Winchester
Sun
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Boyd County Commonwealth's Attorney's Race Heats Up
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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UK Addresses Ethical Issues of Doctor's Gifts from
Drug Companies
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Lexington
Lexington Herald-Leader
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$9.25 Million Asbestos Verdict
Business
Wire
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October 17, 2000
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Commonwealth v. Brunen - Death on the Ohio River
court
tv
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Court TV Online Report of the manslaughter trial for the deaths of
three on the Ohio River who were killed by a man who was operating
his boat under the influence of alcohol.
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Upcoming CLE Seminars by the Louisville
Bar Association LBA
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Wednesday, October 25 - "Practical Aspects of
Legal Ethics in Kentucky" for 2.0 CLE Ethics Hours
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Thursday, October 26 - "Tenth Annual Domestic
Relations Update" for 2.0 CLE Hours
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Friday, October 27 - "Due Diligence Issues for
Title Agents and Residential Real Estate Attorneys" for 3.0 CLE
Hours
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To register for any of the seminars listed above,
please visit
http://www.loubar.org/clecalendar.html
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Hodgenville Funeral Director Back in Jail
Elizabethtown The
News-Enterprise
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Hodgenville funeral director Bobby Brownfield is back behind bars
full-time after the sale of his residence Sunday. Brownfield had
been granted a work release furlough to prepare his property for the
auction, which brought $113,000, about $22,000 less than the value
pegged by the LaRue County property valuation administrator.
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Ashland Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty in Federal
Court
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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A former Ashland mail carrier who pleaded guilty in federal court
last year to a misdemeanor charge of failing to deliver mail has
been indicted on a state charge of theft of mail matter.
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Glasgow investment firm investigated for ripping off elderly
Glasgow Glasgow
Daily Times
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$6.5 Million Dollar Verdict in Iowa for Plane Crash Survivor
FindLaw
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Senate Pardons Pearl Harbor Officers from WW II
FindLaw
- Admiral Kimmell from Kentucky was one of them
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October 16, 2000
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Federal Summary Judgment Dismisses Wrongful Death Suit Against
Louisville SWAT Team
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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A U.S. district judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed
by the family of a man who was shot and killed three years ago by a
Louisville police SWAT team.
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Future Oldham Parks Director Indicted on Bribe
and Falsifying Info
La Grange The Oldham Era
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Just when Oldham County parks director Tom Boyd
prepares to retire on Oct. 20, his replacement was indicted last
Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe and falsifying information
on a public record.
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Court of Appeals Sets Aside $100,000 Award to Prison Inmate
Lexington Lexington
Herald-Leader
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The state Court of Appeals yesterday reversed a $100,000 award to an
inmate who was injured while trimming his warden's tree. A
three-judge panel said a Boyle Circuit Court judge exceeded his
authority in awarding the money after the Kentucky Board of Claims
rejected case.
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21 Busted At Shelby County Pot Party
Shelbyville Sentinel-News
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Prescription for death - OxyContin
abuse on the rise
Pikeville Appalachian
News Express
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It used to be marijuana, many local law enforcement officials are
saying of the greatest challenge they face in the fighting illegal
drug trade, but now it is prescription drugs.
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Northern KY - Zoning Targeting Gun Store
Covington
The Kentucky Post
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Barbourville Mountain
Advocate October 12 edition
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- Jail time for man who shoots into truck - injured man in
back. Gets five years per plea agreement.
- A Knox County district judge set a trial date Tuesday for a
former teacher's aide convicted of sex abuse and assault.
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Covington Police Haul In Downtown Hookers
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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Mama's Murderer Makes Confession Per KSP
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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October 13, 2000
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Lottery Winner Pleads Guilty to DUI
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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The 42-year-old former forklift operator who pocketed nearly $14
million after winning the July Powerball drawing admitted in Boone
District Court that he was drunk when he left the scene of a minor
accident in Florence in June.
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Judge Shoots Down Hooters Punitive Damage Award
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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A federal judge has thrown out all except $25,000 a jury awarded a
former waitress after finding the Hooter's Restaurant in Newport
guilty of sexual harassment.
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Kowalczyk Talks to Students at Bellarmine
University about DUI
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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Standing before a crowd of more than 350 college
students last night, Andrea Kowalczyk described how she went
partying with some friends one night last year. She had four or five
beers, waited a few hours, then thought she could drive home.
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Court Day May Come Back to Lexington
Lexington Lexington
Herald-Leader
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Man charged with multiple sex crimes competent to
stand trial
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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The competency hearing came after another hearing on whether
testimony regarding Chambers' competence would be closed to the
public, including the media.
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Hardin County Judge Says Charges False and Frivilous
Elizabethtown The
News-Enterprise
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A Hardin County judge expects the Kentucky Bar Association to
dismiss accusations he acted unethically while serving as an
assistant county attorney. Simcoe, who is seeking election
Nov. 7 to the bench, said the allegations are false and frivolous.
He spoke Wednesday with Jay Garrett, the deputy bar counsel handling
the complaint.
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Former Sheriff Claims Ineffective Counsel in Alford Plea
Owensboro Owenboro
Messenger-Inquirer
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A former Daviess County sheriff's deputy serving a 10-year sentence
in an eastern Kentucky prison has asked an appeals court to overturn
his plea agreement and give him an new trial claiming ineffective
counsel. Morris entered an Alford plea in August 1998 to
a 10-count indictment charging he conspired to commit murder,
kidnapping and first-degree assault. In exchange for his plea,
Morris was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Daviess Circuit Judge
Garland Howard, which he is serving at the Eastern Kentucky
Correctional Complex in West Liberty.
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New Federal Law Targets Drunk Drivers
US
News Week
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October 12, 2000
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Bellarmine's Mock-Trial Teams Tops in the Nation
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Bellarmine University's mock trial team won the 1999 national
competition and is a favorite this year too. Their team was
recently listed first, ahead of Yale and others by the American Mock
Trial Association. This team has been coached for the last 16
years by Louisville lawyer, James Wagoner, with strong help from his
wife, Ruth. The national tournament will be held March 30 -
April 1 in Des Moines, Iowa. Their first meet is set for
October 19 in South Carolina. This year's competition involves
the death of a man climbing Mt. Everest and the wrongful death
action filed by his wife. Read more in the Courier-Journal
paper edition, B2, October 10, 2000
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UK Basketball Player Found Guilty of DUI
Lexington
Herald-Leader
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A Fayette District Court jury convicted Souleymane ``Jules'' Camara
of driving under the influence yesterday, which apparently makes him
ineligible to play on the University of Kentucky men's basketball
team during the upcoming season.
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U.S. High Court To Decide Case On Punitive Damages
FindLaw
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday it will decide the standard
for
reviewing a trial judge's ruling on a challenge to an award of
punitive
damages. The justices will decide whether appellate courts
should use a
more deferential standard of review to determine the rationality of
the
amount awarded, or whether a more rigorous new review should be
conducted. Read
Circuit Court decision.
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Murray State Dorm Fire Trial Venue Changed
Hopkinsville Kentucky
New Era
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A Christian County jury will hear the case against the man charged
with murder and arson in the Murray State University dorm fire that
killed a student.
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Lady Santa Not Sad About WalMart Ruling
Henderson The Gleaner
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Man Who Murdered Mom Makes First Court Appearance
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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An Elliott County man charged with murdering his mother made his
first court appearance Tuesday. Nathaniel Adkins, 18, was arraigned
in Morgan County District Court before Judge Kim Gevedon. Also on
Tuesday, an autopsy performed at the state medical examiner's office
in Frankfort revealed that Adkins' mother, Marsha A. Oliver, 44,
died of multiple gunshot wounds, Elliott County Coroner Mark Lewis
said.Adkins was charged with murder after police found Oliver's body
buried in a shallow grave in the yard of the Brown Ridge residence
she and her son shared
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Ashland Newspaper Tries To Keep Competency Hearing Open
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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The Daily Independent is seeking to keep open a
hearing examining the competency of a Raceland man to stand
trial who has been charged in Boyd and Greenup counties with several
counts of sexual abuse involving minors.
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Louisville Man Arrested for Nelson County Rape and Robbery
Bardstown The Kentucky Standard
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Green County Constable Busted On Drug Charges
Greensburg Greensburg
Record-Herald
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Former Pikeville Broker Pleads to Fraud
Lexington
Herald-Leader
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Lawsuit filed against Madisonville
Nursing Home
A lawsuit alleging negligence and improper care by a Madisonville
nursing home has been filed in the Hopkins Circuit Court Clerk’s
office.
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October 11, 2000
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Lady Santa Loses Lawsuit
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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Wanted: Santa Claus. No women need apply. The
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights has ruled that a Wal-Mart in
Morganfield did not discriminate against Marta Brown when it forbid
her from portraying Old St. Nick in December 1995
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Judge "Judy" Allows Shrink Accused of
Having Sex With Patients To Keep Seeing Patients - Pending license
Review
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman decided
yesterday to let a Louisville psychiatrist accused of improper
sexual contact with a patient keep practicing while the case is
being reviewed.
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Anesthesiologist Nailed for $618,000 Med-Mal Case in Eastern Ky
Ashland The Daily
Independent
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An anesthesiologist at King's Daughters Medical Center was at fault
for a 1995 operating room injury that left an Ironton man's right
arm almost useless, a jury ruled last week.
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Alderman Sues City Over Bad Things Said About Her
Kid
Louisville The
Courier-Journal
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Louisville Alderwoman Denise Bentley is suing the
city, a Louisville police lieutenant and other unidentified police
officers over what she says were false and defamatory statements
about her 14-year-old daughter.
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Lexington Forum Addresses Unequal Justice For
Blacks
Lexington Lexington
Herald-Leader
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``Injustice, brutality and violence in the name of law and justice
are just as much a part of American history as apple pie, baseball
and George Washington,'' said Finney, who moderated the discussion
sponsored by Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
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Former Guard Convicted of Arson in Twenty Minutes
Lexington Lexington
Herald-Leader
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After 20 minutes of deliberations, a Fayette County Circuit jury
convicted a former security guard of arson for a fire at the
Lexington Herald-Leader in February. Jeffrey Scott Kelso, 27, a
former volunteer fireman who said he'd never fought a fire,
testified he took a cigarette lighter and held it up to a frayed
edge on a roll of newsprint. Damage from the blaze and water
was put at $100,000.
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Public Defenders Disagree on Defense in Death Row Case
Covington The
Kentucky Post
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A rift apparently has developed between Death Row inmate Fred
Furnish and the public defenders who are trying to keep him from the
possibility of a second death penalty.
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Eastern Kentucky Man Charged With Murdering His
Mom
Ashland The
Daily Independent
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Hilltopper Basketball Players Plead To Misdemeanor
Theft
Bowling Green The
Daily News
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Whistleblower Suit Thrown Out of Federal Court
Hopkinsville Kentucky
New Era
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A federal District Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed
against Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority by the former
supervisor of a city sewer plant, saying he failed to prove HWEA
officials violated his First Amendment rights of free speech.
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October 10, 2000
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Ex-Police Chief Sued for Civil Rights Violation Over Assault
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Dr. Jerry Ulfe has sued former Pioneer Village Police Chief Kevin
Smith in the Jefferson Circuit Court alleging his civil rights were
violated when Smith assaulted him on January 3 of this year claiming
permanent injuries. Smith was sentenced to six years in prison
back in August in trial in Jefferson Circuit Court. City is
claiming that Smith was off-duty at the time. See
Paper Edition of Courier Journal, B2, 10/9/2000.
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LouisvilleLaw.Commentary
A quick primer on sovereign immunity
- which limits the citizen's right to sue the government and
its employees for personal injuries caused by the
government. |
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Kentucky
Constitution Section 231
The General Assembly may, by law, direct in what manner and in what courts suits may be brought against the Commonwealth. |
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