SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO., L.P. v. LEGGETT

Nos. 2005-SC-001023-DG, 2007-SC-000273-DG.

307 S.W.3d 109 (2010)

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Albert E. LEGGETT, III (As Trustee of the Albert E. Leggett Family Trust), Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart E. Alexander, III, Kathleen M. Winchell Schoen, William J. Walsh, Tilford, Dobbins, Alexander, Buckaway and Black, LLP, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Oliver Grant Bruton, Middleton Reutlinger, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


Opinion of the Court by Justice VENTERS.

We granted discretionary review in this matter to consider issues relating to a landowner's abuse of process claim and other related claims, against a long-distance telephone communications carrier for its conduct in attempting to use the power of eminent domain to acquire the landowner's property. Specifically, we consider whether the tort of abuse of process may be established solely on the basis of actions that occurred...

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