KINCAID v. JOHNSON, TRUE & GUARNIERI, LLP

Nos. 2014-CA-001807-MR, 2014-CA-001853-MR, 2014-CA-001884-MR, 2014-CA-001899-MR.

538 S.W.3d 901 (2017)

Brett KINCAID, Kevin Kincaid, & Cierra Kincaid, Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. JOHNSON, TRUE & GUARNIERI, LLP, Central Bank & Trust Co., as Executor and Trustee, Michael D. Foley, as Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Joan D. Kincaid, Executrix of the Estate of Jane Kincaid Johnson, Joan D. Kincaid, Individually and as a Member of the Advisory Committee for Garvice D. Kincaid, Deceased, Brooke Kincaid, a Minor, Bryce Kincaid, a Minor, Chance Kincaid, a Minor, and J. Ross Stinetorf, Esq., Guardian Ad Litem, for Minors of the Garvice Kincaid Trust, Appellees/Cross-Appellants and Joan D. Kincaid, Executrix of the Estate of Jane K. Johnson, Joan D. Kincaid, Individually and as a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Michael D. Foley, as a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, and Central Bank & Trust Company, as Executor and Trustee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. Johnson, True & Guarnieri, LLP, Brett Kincaid, Kevin Kincaid, Cierra Kincaid, Brooke Kincaid, a Minor, Bryce Kincaid, a Minor, Chance Kincaid, a Minor, and J. Ross Stinetorf, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor and Unborn Beneficiaries of Fund C of the Garvice Kincaid Trust, Appellees/Cross-Appellants and J. Ross Stinetorf, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor and Unborn Beneficiaries of Fund C of the Garvice Kincaid Trust, Including But Not Limited to Brooke Kincaid, a Minor; Bryce Kincaid, a Minor; Chance Kincaid, a Minor; and Any Unknown Minor Beneficiaries of Fund C, Who Are Not Otherwise Represented, Appellant/Cross-Appellee v. Johnson, True & Guarnieri, LLP, Central Bank & Trust Co., Individually, as Executor and Trustee, Michael D. Foley, as Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Joan D. Kincaid, Executrix of the Estate of Jane Kincaid Johnson, Joan D. Kincaid, Individually and as a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Joan D. Kincaid, as Co-Executrix of the Estate of Nelle W. Kincaid, Brett Kincaid, Kevin Kincaid, and Cierra Kincaid, Appellees/Cross-Appellants and Johnson, True & Guarnieri, LLP, Appellant/Cross-Appellee v. Kevin Kincaid, Brett Kincaid, Cierra Kincaid, Central Bank & Trust Company, as Executor and Trustee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Michael D. Foley, as a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Joan D. Kincaid, as Executrix of the Estate of Jane K. Johnson, Joan D. Kincaid, Individually and as a Member of the Advisory Committee for the Estate and Trust of Garvice D. Kincaid, Brooke Kincaid, a Minor, Bryce Kincaid, a Minor, Chance Kincaid, a Minor, and J. Ross Stinetorf, as Guardian Ad Litem for the Minor and Unborn Beneficiaries of Fund C of the Garvice D. Kincaid Trust, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court February 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BRIEFS FOR APPELLANTS BRETT KINCAID, KEVIN KINCAID, AND CIERRA KINCAID: Elizabeth R. Seif , Lexington, Kentucky.

BRIEFS FOR APPELANT J. ROSS STINETORF, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR THE MINOR AND UNBORN BENEFICIARIES: J. Ross Stinetorf , Lexington, Kentucky.

BRIEFS FOR APPELLEE JOHNSON, TRUE & GUARNIERI, LLP: E. Kenly Ames , Bowling Green, Kentucky.

BRIEFS FOR APPELLEES JOAN D. KINCAID, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JANE KINCAID, ET AL.: C. Timothy Cone , Paul E. Sullivan , Barry D. Hunter , Lexington, Kentucky.

BEFORE: ACREE, JONES, AND THOMPSON, JUDGES.


OPINION

This appeal concerns the amount of attorney fees awarded to Appellees/Cross-Appellants, Johnson, True, & Guarnieri, LLP, and the manner in which those fees were calculated. Appellants/Cross-Appellees, which include the beneficiaries and administrators of...

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