Opinion ID: 1766622
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: review of parts two and three of the response by the court of appeals

Text: As noted by the Court of Appeals, Part Two and Three of the Response are not part of the record on appeal. However, the trial court made detailed factual findings regarding the contents of the Response and no party to the appeal disputes or appealed those findings. Therefore, it must be presumed, that the trial court's findings as to the contents of Parts Two and Three are supported by the evidence. See Reid v. Reid, Ky., 300 S.W.2d 225 (1957); Porter v. Harper, Ky., 477 S.W.2d 778, 779 (1972). The Court of Appeals did not disregard the factual findings of the trial court. It accepted the factual findings of the trial court and then determined that the trial court had erred as a matter of law in classifying Parts Two and Three of the Response as exempt. The Court of Appeals adopted the trial court's findings rather than substituting its own judgment and the University's claim to the contrary is without merit.