Opinion ID: 1577982
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Kentucky Legal Aid was Properly Dismissed as a Party

Text: Appellant argues that Kentucky Legal Aid should be viewed as an appropriate party against whom judgment may be entered for the warning order attorney fees claimed by Appellant. The Court of Appeals cited White v. England, 348 S.W.2d 936, 937 (Ky.1961), for the principle that an appeal may not be taken against one who is not a party to the proceedings in which the judgment was rendered. Kentucky Legal Aid was not a party in this action. Appellee was represented in the trial court by an attorney employed by Kentucky Legal Aid. Its role as employer of the attorney does not make it a party in the action. An attorney acts as an agent of his client. Clark v. Burden, 917 S.W.2d 574, 575 (Ky.1996). Generally, an agent of a disclosed principal is not liable for his own authorized acts or for dealings between a third person and the principal. Young v. Vista Homes, 243 S.W.3d 352, 364 (Ky.App.2007). Appellant presents no theory by which it may reasonably argue that liability for the warning order attorney fee would have passed to Kentucky Legal Aid, even if it had been properly made a party to the action. We therefore affirm the Court of Appeals in its dismissal of the appeal against Kentucky Legal Aid.