OSBORNE v. KEENEY

Nos. 2010-SC-000397-DG, 2010-SC-000430-DG.

399 S.W.3d 1 (2012)

Brenda C. OSBORNE, Appellant v. Steven H. KEENEY; Carolina Casualty Insurance Company; and Monitor Liability Managers, Inc., Appellees. and Steven H. Keeney, Appellant v. Brenda C. Osborne; Carolina Casualty Insurance Company; and Monitor Liability Managers, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy E. Sitlinger, Jr. , Sitlinger, McGlincy, Theiler, Louisville, KY, for appellant/appellee Brenda C. Osborne.

Andrew Graham Beshear , Matthew W. Breetz , Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Sheryl G. Snyder , Griffin Terry Sumner , Frost, Brown, Todd LLC, Louisville, KY, for appellee/appellant Steven H. Keeney.

Douglas Cain Ballantine , Amy Olive Wheeler , Stoll, Keenon, Ogden, PLLC, Louisville, KY, for appellees Carolina Casualty Insurance Company and Monitor Liability Managers, Inc.


Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice MINTON.

Brenda Osborne sued her attorney, Steven H. Keeney, claiming he breached his professional duty to her by failing to file suit against Clifford Quesenberry before the statute of limitations expired. Because of Keeney's breach, Osborne alleged she lost the ability to recover from Quesenberry for losses she suffered as a result of Quesenberry's crashing his airplane into her home. A circuit court jury decided this legal malpractice...

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