Case Name: KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. David L. VAN HORN, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1991-06-06
Citations: 811 S.W.2d 348
Docket Number: No. 91-SC-294-KB
Parties: KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. David L. VAN HORN, Respondent.
Judges: All concur except STEPHENS, C.J., not sitting.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 811
Pages: 348–348

Head Matter:
KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. David L. VAN HORN, Respondent.
No. 91-SC-294-KB.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
June 6, 1991.

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