Easton v. Louisville & Jefferson County Board of Health

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALLEN, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendants’ motion for clarification of a previous ruling. The specific question presented is whether KRS Chapter 344 permits recovery in this Court of damages for mental anguish and embarrassment. After extensive examination of this issue, we have determined that KRS 344.450 permits recovery of such damages, and that this Court should accept pendent jurisdiction of the claim made pursuant to that statute.

KRS Chapter 344, first enacted in 1974, declares its policy to be “execution within the state of…