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Michels v. Sklavos

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1994No. 93-SC-126-DGPublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEIBSON, Justice.

John P. Sklavos was discharged from his employment as a maintenance manager for the Pennwalt Corporation on September 24, 1987. Attorneys Frederic E. Michels and Nicholas W. Carlin filed a wrongful discharge suit on his behalf against Pennwalt in McCracken Circuit Court, which was later transferred on Pennwalt’s motion to the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. While the suit was pending in Federal Court, on September 27, 1988, Sklavos discharged Michels and Carlin as his counsel, and employed Benjamin J. Lookofsky, his present attorney, to…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Louisville Trust Co. v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Dincher v. Marlin Firearms Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  3. Tomlinson v. SiehlCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
  4. House v. KellermanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975
  5. Holton v. PfingstCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1975

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  3. Alagia, Day, Trautwein & Smith v. BroadbentKentucky Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Abel v. AustinKentucky Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Doe v. Golden & Walters, PLLCCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2005

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