SUNBEAM CORP. v. DORTCH

No. 2009-SC-000501-MR.

313 S.W.3d 114 (2010)

SUNBEAM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Honorable Ronnie C. DORTCH, Judge, Hancock Circuit Court, Appellee and Sherry J. McGlenon and Terry L. Parker, Co-Executors of the Estate of Leon J. Fischer, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca F. Schupbach, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Ronnie C. Dortch, Circuit Court Judge, Hartford, KY, pro se.

Rickie A. Johnson, Kenneth L. Sales, Joseph Donald Satterley, Sales, Tillman, Wallbaum, Catlett & Satterley, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Real Parties in Interest.


Opinion of the Court by Justice ABRAMSON.

Sunbeam Corporation appeals from a 2009 Order of the Court of Appeals denying its petition for a writ to compel its dismissal from a wrongful death action. Agreeing with the Court of Appeals that Sunbeam has failed to establish its entitlement to extraordinary relief, we affirm.

RELEVANT FACTS

Sunbeam Corporation (now known as American Products, Inc., but referred to in these proceedings by its former...

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