Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Van Horn

Kentucky Supreme Court

Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Van Horn

811 S.W.2d 348, 1991 Ky. LEXIS 135, 1991 WL 107387

CourtKentucky Supreme Court

DecidedJune 6, 1991

DocketNo. 91-SC-294-KB

StatusPublished

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Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Van Horn, 811 S.W.2d 348, 1991 Ky. LEXIS 135, 1991 WL 107387 (Ky. 1991).

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Opinion

ORDER

Pursuant to SCR 3.370, the decision of the Board of Governors is hereby adopted.

Respondent failed to seek the lawful objective of his client in violation of DR 7-101(A)(1) in that he failed to negotiate a lump sum settlement with the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, which was prepared to do so, despite specific instructions from his client to seek a lump sum settlement of her claim.

Respondent is hereby publicly reprimanded for his unprofessional conduct and is ordered to pay all costs.

All concur except STEPHENS, C.J., not sitting.

ENTERED: June 6, 1991.

(s) Charles M. Leibson Acting Chief Justice

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