Legal Opinion
Franklin County, Ky. v. Malone
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 4, 1997No. 95-SC-0268-DG, 95-SC-0478-DGPublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.
This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which reversed a summary judgment of the circuit .court which dismissed all defendants in a wrongful death suit resulting from the suicide of Joseph R. Burns, Jr. following his arrest and transportation to the Franklin County Jail. The dismissal was based on the protection of sovereign immunity.
The issues presented are whether sovereign immunity bars any claim of negligence either against the county, county officials, the state, or the individual state trooper sued. Included in the resolution of such an issue must…
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