HARRISON v. LEACH

No. 2010-SC-000018-DGE.

323 S.W.3d 702 (2010)

L.D. HARRISON and Debra Harrison, Appellants, v. Christopher LEACH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Walter Baechtold , Shumate, Flaherty, Eubanks & Baechtold, PSC, Richmond, KY, Counsel for Appellants.

Kimberly Carter Blair , Blair & Rowady, P.S.C., Winchester, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice MINTON.

This case asks us to determine if an appellate court may, on its own motion, dismiss an appeal when it determines a party lacked standing to bring an action in the trial court, even though no party had raised a purported lack of standing at any point in the proceedings below. Because the issue of standing is distinct from the issue of subject-matter jurisdiction and, thus, can be waived, we hold that an appellate court...

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