Clark v. Burden

917 S.W.2d 574 (1996)

Alma "Sissy" CLARK, Appellant,

v.

Foley L. BURDEN, Jones Buick GMC Trucks, Inc., Appellees.

No. 95-SC-572-DG.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 21, 1996.

James T. Kelley, Elizabethtown, for appellant.

Redford H. Coleman, Coleman & Stevens, Elizabethtown, for appellees.

LAMBERT, Justice.

With respect to compromise or settlement of a claim, final decision-making authority rests with the client. Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct provide that "[a] lawyer shall abide by a client's decision whether to accept an offer of settlement of a matter" (SCR 3.130-1.2(a)) and the rules…