{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-411.165","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 411.165","heading":"Liability of attorney for professional negligence.","body":"(1) If any attorney employed to attend to professional business neglects to attend to the\nbusiness, after being paid anything for his services, or attends to the business\nnegligently, he shall be liable to the client for all damages and costs sustained by\nreason thereof.\n(2) If any attorney employed to attend to any professional business receives his fee and\ndoes not attend to the business, he may be sued and made to refund the fee.","path":["KRS Chapter 411"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=17779","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:35Z","sha256":"348c3b588a7ca7006ca676d071feb9f60c31865c878f6e12b4672e454655cb99","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-411.160","next":"us-ky/krs-411.167"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}