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Some legal news from around the state this past week

By Michael Stevens

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Lawyer accused of impersonating police officer

When an "officer" in a sport utility vehicle pulled Meagan Moore over for allegedly driving drunk one night the Ballard High School senior was mystified. The woman turned out not to be an officer at all, but instead a lawyer, Melissa G. Ash, now accused of impersonating a police officer. And it wasn't the first time Ash, 36, had faced such a charge.
Infections an increasing problem in hospitals

After knee replacement surgery at a Lexington hospital, Orvil Hazelton said he got a staph infection that ultimately cost him his left leg. Hazelton, whose leg was amputated just above the knee in 2006, is one of a growing number of people who get infections most antibiotics can't cure.
UPDATED: Judge overrules Ragland's motion for new civil trial

Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA

Ragland, who was arrested in 2000, was convicted of murder in 2002, but the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned the verdict in 2006.
Murder case updates

From LEO

There were developments in two high-profile murder cases this morning in Jefferson County Circuit Court.

First, a trial date was set in the case of a man charged with striking and killing two young girls while fleeing police.

Kenielle Finch faces murder charges for the July 25, 2008, fatal hit-and-run in which he allegedly struck Riley Jane Lawrence, 4, and Claudia Faye Wadlington, 5, as they crossed Floyd Street using a crosswalk. The 26-year-old defendant?s trial is scheduled to begin Dec. 1, 2009.

In the capital murder case of James Quisenberry Jr. and Kenneth Williams, public defenders again asked the court to prohibit the prosecution from presenting redacted statements made by their clients regarding the shooting death of Earon Harper. The pair is accused of killing Harper, whom they claim they visited at her home on May 18, 2006, in an attempt to buy prescription drugs. In addition to shooting Harper, the prosecutor says they also shot and severely injured the woman?s 2-year-old daughter, who survived.
Firehouse will close, but court hearing set Monday

By Jason Riley ? jriley@courier-journal.com ? January 9, 2009

The city?s oldest fire station, Engine 7, near Sixth and York streets, will close as scheduled this weekend, despite a lawsuit filed yesterday by two neighborhood groups, trying to stop the shutdown.

But the firehouse?s closing ? part of a cost-cutting move by the city to trim a projected $20 million revenue shortfall ? could be short-lived.

On Monday, the neighborhood groups will ask a Jefferson Circuit Court judge for a restraining order against the closing, which if granted, would require the city to reopen the firehouse. The groups claim the closing will slow response times and weaken fire protection in an area the includes many old homes, senior citizen complexes and businesses.
Attorney asks court to order depositions of coaches

Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

By Antoinette Konz ? akonz@courier-journal.com ? January 7, 2009 The attorney representing Max Gilpin?s mother has filed a motion in Jefferson Circuit Court.
People with famous names make the most of it

Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA

Consider Scott R. Cox, an obscure Louisville patent attorney who is so often confused with Scott C. Cox, the prominent Louisville criminal defense attorneY.
Legal outcomes expose a lack of common sense

CJ OP ED PAGE GEORGE WILL

Called to a Florida school that could not cope, police led the disorderly student away in handcuffs, all 40 pounds of her 5-year-old self. In a Solomonic compromise, schools in Broward County, Fla., banned running at recess. Long Beach, N.J., removed signs warning swimmers about riptides, although the oblivious tides continued. The warning label on a five-inch fishing lure with a three-pronged hook says, "Harmful if swallowed"; the label on a letter opener says, "Safety goggle recommended."
Budget woes prompt states to rethink prison policy

KENTUCKY.COM

Their budgets in crisis, governors, legislators and prison officials across the nation are making or considering policy changes that will likely remove tens of thousands of offenders from prisons and parole supervision.
Ky. judge freezes assets of oil securities firm

LOUISVILLE A federal judge on Friday froze the assets of a Kentucky-based oil securities firm that promised revenue from wells to be drilled in Kentucky and three other states.

U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley's order requires Heartland Resources of Bowling Green, along with its officers, to give the court a list of assets within 20 days.

A group of investors from around the country sued Heartland Resources, accusing the company of securities fraud. The investors say they put up more than $10 million to back oil wells in Knox County that were never completed. McKinley wrote that freezing the assets was the only way to ensure there would be money left if the investors win.

McKinley said none of the wells had been completed and the investors' money has not been accounted for. McKinley also noted that there is evidence of Heartland Resources' owners and directors transferring assets to family trusts since the suit was filed in September.