Court Opinion

ID: 9769979
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 15:10:02.281645+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:31:09.576618
License: Public Domain

MONTGOMERY Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent because I feel that the rule in Ansback v. Greenberg, Ky., 256 S.W.2d 1, approved in Drahmann’s Adm’x v. Brink’s Adm’x, Ky., 290 S.W.2d 449, should be upheld. Admittedly the simplicity of application of the Ansback rule has merit. The fact that the rule is well established and therefore serves as a guide to those seeking to advise their clients is equally meritorious. The adoption of the rule in the majority opinion may well lead to “court hopping” to find a favorable forum.
The majority opinion recognizes the difficulty of application of this rule and seeks to limit its application “to a very clear case.” Does this mean that in an unclear case a different rule will obtain?
The difficulties inherent in the application of such a rule when compared with the simplicity of the application of the old well-established rule convinces me that we should remain with the old rule set out in the two cases cited.
For these reasons I respectfully dissent.
OSBORNE, J., joins in this dissent.