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CLARK v. BURDEN

No. 95-SC-572-DG.

917 S.W.2d 574 (1996)

Alma "Sissy" CLARK, Appellant, v. Foley L. BURDEN, Jones Buick GMC Trucks, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 require a lawyer to "explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed...

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