Legal Opinion · Dissent

Kentucky Ass'n of Counties All Lines Fund Trust v. McClendon

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 2005No. 2002-SC-0648-DGPublished

1Dissent

*636Dissenting Opinion by

Chief Justice LAMBERT.

The pivotal question that this Court has failed to address is whether a claim in tort or a claim for breach of fiduciary duty was brought against Appellees, magistrates of the Pulaski County Fiscal Court, thereby contractually obligating Kentucky Association of Counties, All Lines Fund Trust (KALF), to indemnify and to provide them a legal defense. The majority opinion erroneously concludes that the underlying action brought by People for Ethical Government against Appellees did not sound in tort, a contractual exclusion from KALF’s legal obligation…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. James Graham Brown Foundation, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Chicago Park District v. Kenroy, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1980
  3. United States v. Reginald J. HolzerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  4. City Council of Elizabeth v. FumeroNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
  5. Healthwise of Kentucky, Ltd. v. AnglinKentucky Supreme Court · 1997

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