SUPREME COURT OF KENTUCKY

ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR

TO: Justices and Court Staff

FROM: Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert

DATE: October 11, 2004

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2004

9:00 a.m. WEAVER V. COM. (2003-353-DG)
"Criminal Law. Pretrial Release. Home Incarceration. Escape. Issues include whether a charge of escape is insupportable when a defendant awaiting trial on felony charges departs from home incarceration which has been imposed as a form of pretrial release pursuant to KRS 431.517."
Discretionary Review granted 3/10/2004
Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge Stephen P. Ryan
For Movant: Michael C. Lemke
For Respondent: Theresa Young

10:00 a.m. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF MIDDLESBOROUGH V. SMITH, ET AL. (2004-SC-124-DG)
"KRS Chapter 337. Employment Law. Wage Dispute. In this action brought by maintenance employees of a public housing authority issues include whether, pursuant to KRS Chapter 337, original jurisdiction over the claim for wages owed was with the Labor Cabinet; whether the claim constituted a contract dispute over which the circuit court had original jurisdiction; and whether the amendment of KRS 337.310 in 1996 effectively stripped the Labor Cabinet of all previously held adjudicative power."
Discretionary Review granted 4/15/2004
Bell Circuit Court, Judge James L. Bowling, Jr.
For Movant: Donald Duff and Glenn L. Greene, Jr.
For Respondents: Bradley C. Freeman

11:00 a.m. BREWER V. NATIONAL INDEMNITY CO., ET AL. (2004-SC-270-CL)
"Certification of the law from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals"
Certification granted 5/20/2004
For Appellant: Monica Leah Robinson, Robert Matthew Vital, Brian A. Glasser and Jennifer S. Fahey
For Appellees: Marcia M. Ridings, Brandon C. Jones and Anita R. Casey