TTD Continues to MMI When Light-Duty Job Offers Are Not “Customary Employment” and the Worker Does Not Actually Return to Work 1. Introduction In The Job Center v. Amy Griffiths (Ky. June 25, 2026)...
Retrial After Defendant-Requested Mistrial Requires Proof of Prosecutorial “Goading”; Contextual 404(b) Evidence and Non-Flagrant Silence References Do Not Create Palpable Error Publication status:...
Credentialing Applications Are “Records” Privileged Under KRS 311.377(2), Subject to the KRS 311.377(3) Independent-Discovery Exception Introduction In Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc. v. Hon....
Silent Record on KRE 403 Review Does Not Establish Error in Admitting Autopsy Photographs 1. Introduction In Daniel Clemans v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Supreme Court of Kentucky affirmed a Meade...
Personal-Jurisdiction Defects Are Second-Class Writ Issues; Writ Prohibition Denied Where Appeal Was Available Introduction In Jovan David Rebolledo Mendez v. Hon. Matthew Brent Hall (Ky. June 25,...
Kentucky Batson Scrutiny Heightened: “Clear and Reasonably Specific,” Case-Related Reasons Required; Outside-Source Claims Must Be Tested by Voir Dire 1. Introduction In Terrell Harris v....
Strict Floyd v. Neal Preservation for For-Cause Juror Challenges; “Inextricably Intertwined” Warrants Context and Investigative-Hearsay Limits Case: George Reis v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court:...
RAP 3(C) Strictly Preserves Appeal Deadlines Despite Lack of Notice; RAP 3(D) Allows Only a Narrow, Trial-Court Extension—No Civil “Prison Mailbox Rule” 1. Introduction In Elbert Phillip Long v....
Vehicular Homicide Does Not Displace Wanton Murder for DUI Deaths Showing Extreme Indifference (Ky. 2026) Case: Casey Preston Byrd v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Supreme Court of Kentucky, June 25,...
Context Matters: “There Ain’t Nothing to Talk About” Is Not an Unequivocal Miranda Invocation (and Reasonable Late Notice May Satisfy KRE 404(c)) Introduction In Lorenzo Tunstull v. Commonwealth of...
Functional Decline (Not Just a Higher Impairment Rating) Can Satisfy “Objective Medical Evidence” of Worsening on Reopening Under KRS 342.125(1)(d) Introduction In Muhlenberg County Coal Co., LLC v....
Kentucky Requires Explicit Specialty Standard-of-Care Proof and Limits Res Ipsa to Defendants with Control Over Retained-Object Causation Case: Diagnostic X-Ray Physicians, Psc (Dxp) v. Deborah Lloyd...
Common-Scheme Joinder in Multi‑Victim Sexual Abuse Cases and “Context” Non-Hearsay (Glacken v. Commonwealth) 1. Introduction In Terry Glacken v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. June 25, 2026)...
Depression/Anxiety, Isolation, and Long Pretrial Detention Do Not Alone Render a Guilty Plea Involuntary Absent Record Evidence at the Time of the Plea I. Introduction In Anthony Paysen v....
Strict Enforcement of Civil Notice-of-Appeal Deadlines Despite Lack of Notice; Limited Trial-Court Extension Under RAP 3(D) and No Civil Prison Mailbox Rule 1. Introduction In Elbert Phillip Long v....
Flight on Bond and “Inextricably Intertwined” Acts Admissible Under KRE 404(b); No Trespass Instruction Absent Evidentiary Basis Introduction In Samuel L. Baker v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. June...
Kentucky Controlled-Substance Possession Mens Rea: Knowledge of Controlled Status Suffices Without Knowledge of Drug Identity Case: Lesley Ryan Cornett v. Commonwealth of Kentucky (Ky. 2026) —...
Driveways as “Public Places” Under KRS 532.025(2)(a)3 and Harmless Omission of “Knowingly” in the Aggravator Instruction After an Intentional-Murder Verdict Introduction In Aaron McQuady v....
RAP 20 Emergency Relief Is Confined to Injunction Orders; KRS 403.220 Appellate-Fee Requests Belong in Family Court I. Introduction Chastity Ellison v. Hon. Terri Schoborg (Ky. Apr. 23, 2026) arises...
Kentucky Rejects Automatic Immunity and Federal Preemption for Highway Design Consultants; “Mandated Design” Defense Requires Undisputed Mandate Case: Hmb Professional Engineers, Inc. v. Jennings L....