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KRS 411.165

Liability of attorney for professional negligence

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Osborne v. Keeney (2012)

Most recently applied in Lawrence v. Bingham, Greenebaum, Doll, L.L.P. (December 2018)

History: Created 1976 Ky

(1) If any attorney employed to attend to professional business neglects to attend to the business, after being paid anything for his services, or attends to the business negligently, he shall be liable to the client for all damages and costs sustained by reason thereof.

(2) If any attorney employed to attend to any professional business receives his fee and does not attend to the business, he may be sued and made to refund the fee.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.