News Wrap up: "Deadly Injustice" editorial, Accident at Six Flags, and other stories from Kentucky

Deadly injustice [courier oped][click here for Supreme Court decision full text]

Kentucky's Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a lower-court decision that threw out a death sentence because the defendant received ineffective legal counsel at trial.

      

Ride accident investigation in new phase [LOUISVILLE]

The on-site part of the investigation of a Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom ride that severed a 13-year-old girl's feet above the ankles has been completed, a state spokesman said yesterday.

• Thrill rides shut down after injury
• Ride that injured girl had no record of problems
• Girl's legs severed in amusement park accident

Banks battle landlord in court [N.Ky]

About 85 lawsuits that seek some $8 million on past-due mortgages on about 100 buildings have been filed against one of the largest owners of low-income rental properties in the region.

       

Other Kentucky legal stories

• Jury rules against Lexmark in lawsuit

  FRANKFORT - A federal jury on Friday determined Lexmark's patents weren't violated by a company that makes parts enabling the reuse of the printer giant's toner cartridges.
• Court rules against inmate [click HERE for decision text]

  FRANKFORT - The Kentucky Supreme Court denied a motion on Thursday to rehear arguments in the case of convicted murderer Thomas C. Bowling, a death row inmate who has been trying to get his sentence overturned.
• Gouging the poor

  A new report, "The High Price of Being Poor in Kentucky," is a case of, oh, let us count the ways that low-earning Kentuckians pay more for basic necessities than higher earners.
• Just before Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. collapsed, it had built...

  Kentucky Central by the numbers
  Just before Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. collapsed, it had built itself into a conglomerate including TV and radio stations, citrus groves and hotels, in addition to the nearly $50 billion worth of life insurance policies it had sold. It's little wonder, then, that its dismantling would spawn a host of costly lawsuits.
• Plea deal, Part II, taken by bus driver [N KY]

  A former Grant County school bus driver who crashed her vehicle into a utility pole in January, critically injuring two of her young passengers, got a second chance at a plea bargain on Friday, and this time she accepted it.
• Lawsuits, fraud claims beset mare lease program
• Creation Museum leader sued
• In Kentucky, being poor is costly

Kentuckiana and other nearby blawg postings

• Intentional trespass - important clarifications on environmental harm for businesses to consider BLUEGRASS BUS. LAW
• U-Haul Story -- "Driving With Rented Risks" DAY ON TORTS FROM TN.
• June 21, 2007: Minutes for Kentucky Court of Appeals (COA) KYCASES
• No More Tolling 6TH CIR BLOG CRIMINAL