Court Opinion

ID: 9620571
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:44:08.749015+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:56.476538
License: Public Domain

DYCHE, Judge,
dissenting.
While I am not unmindful of our obligation to follow the decisions of the Supreme Court of Kentucky, I am also obligated to not remain silent when I disagree with those decisions or their application. The introduction of the existence of insurance in this, and any, case, especially during the liability portion of a trial, can do nothing but encourage prejudice against the defendant. The existence of insurance coverage has absolutely nothing to do with whether an automobile driver was negligent in a particular case. I agree with Justice Cooper’s dissent in Earle.
If Earle must apply, however, any error was harmless.