COLLINS v. HUDSON

No. 1999-SC-0100-DG.

48 S.W.3d 1 (2001)

Ted COLLINS, in His Official Capacity as Franklin Sheriff and Franklin County Sheriff's Department, Appellants, v. Josephine HUDSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Lee Pettit, Appellee, and City of Frankfort, et al., Appellants, v. Josephine Hudson, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Lee Pettit, Appellee, and Josephine Hudson, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Lee Pettit, Appellant, v. Ted Collins in His Official Capacity as Franklin County Sheriff, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Michael Brown, Steven L. Snyder, Kenneth W. Brown, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Counsel for City of Frankfort, Ted Evans, City of Frankfort Police Department, and Officer Dale Roberts.

Thomas C. Lyons, Kevin L. Murphy, Murphy & Lyons, P.S.C., Covington, Counsel for Josephine Hudson, Etc.

C. Thomas Hectus, Hectus & Strause, PLLC, Louisville, Counsel for Franklin County Sheriff's Department and Ted Collins.


LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

This wrongful death case was brought by the administratrix of a police informant who was murdered by a person against whom he had informed after his identity had been disclosed by law enforcement officials. The issue before this Court is whether the officials had a statutory or common law duty to tell the informant that his identity had been revealed to defense counsel so that he could protect himself.

In September 1992, Franklin County...

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