Attorneys who routinely handle personal injury cases often tell clients that it can take anywhere from a few months to several years for their case to make its way through the courts or settle. Typically, however, the litigation process does not take anywhere near as long as it did in a case decided in March by the Kentucky's highest court. In that case, a decade passed between the plaintiff's initial injury and the court's decision. One factor that extended the case's time in the courts was a change in the applicable law while the case was pending. Unfortunately for the plaintiffs, the court's decision required their case to, once again, be remanded to the trial court for further proceedings. Read More