Jefferson County Commonwealth Attorney's Office v. Kaplan

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Gary Wade Puckett sued David Kaplan for legal malpractice in connection with Kaplan’s representation of Puckett in a criminal case. Kaplan joined two prosecutors and a Kentucky State Police chemist as third-party defendants. The trial court found that the third-party defendants were immune from suit and that Kaplan was not entitled to indemnity, contribution, or apportionment from the third-party defendants. For these two reasons, the trial court dismissed Kaplan’s third-party complaint. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s ruling as to the prosecutors *919and…