Legal Opinion
Craft v. Rice
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 14, 1984PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial court’s directed verdict for the defendants based on a one-year statute of limitations. The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the case because it reasoned that the action was one for personal injury and governed by the one-year limitation.
The crucial issue is whether KRS 413.-120(7), the five-year statute of limitations for an action for an injury “not arising on contract and not otherwise enumerated” applies to this situation rather than the one-year limit of KRS 413.140(l)(a) for…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Womack v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
- McCall v. Courier-Journal & Louisville Times Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1981
- Brents v. MorganCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
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