Samuel Donald Hood II v. Samuel Donald Hood

The plaintiff, Samuel Donald Hood II (Hood II), was the administrator of his mother’s estate. In that capacity, he brought a wrongful death action, which was settled. The heirs of the estate, including plaintiffs father, defendant Samuel Donald Hood (Hood), claimed that Hood II never properly distributed the proceeds of the settlement to the heirs. In the course of the squabbling that ensued, Hood and other family members caused a criminal complaint to be filed against Hood II, charging him under the applicable Kentucky statute with theft by failure to make a required disposition of property.…