Thomas W. Miller joined the firm in 1973 after graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Law, from which he graduated with highest distinction. Tom was also elected to the Order of the Coif, and served on the Kentucky Law Journal. Tom is largely engaged in trial and commercial practice, and is a frequent lecturer and author on equine and evidence issues. He is licensed to practice in Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
MGM continues its successful representation of the Kentucky Kernel Press, Inc., in its joint effort with College Heights Herald to enforce the Kentucky Open Records Act against Western Kentucky University (“WKU”). Both student-run newspapers sought to require WKU to disclose Title IX investigations into sexual misconduct allegations made against university...
On August 24, 2017, in a case concerning a cohabiting, unmarried couple, the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals’ conclusion that a cotenant of real property, including one who holds as joint tenant with right of survivorship, is entitled to contribution from other cotenants with respect to his...
Update of the court’s rulings of June 27, 2017: In an action brought by the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Fayette Circuit Court held that the University of Kentucky violated the Kentucky Open Records Act by refusing to disclose documents received and discussed by the University’s Board of Trustees during an ostensibly...
On June 23, 2017, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Fayette Circuit Court. On a matter of first impression, the COA agreed with the attorneys at MGM that an assignment of a right to receive royalties from a copyright is not testamentary in nature, rather is a transfer of a...
Same-sex parents shared equal timesharing and joint custody of their autistic twins, and had entered an agreement that they would each remain in the same school district until the children graduated from high school. The twins’ biological mother filed a Motion to relocate with the minor children to another state,...
The Court entered its Memorandum Opinion & Order May 5, 2017. In a contract dispute arising from the painting of plastic automotive parts, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky found that an issue of fact existed as to whether an “early termination fee” provided in...
The Court of appeals agreed Columbia, the former principal and football coach in Clark County, that Farris’s, the former superintendent’s, appeal was interlocutory and subject to dismissal. Read the court’s February 3, 2017, Opinion.
...Busch and his wife filed their lawsuit in the Fayette Circuit Court which was removed by the Defendant to federal court. Thereafter, the Defendant moved to dismissed the case. The court held that the Busches did state a cause of action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC 1681,...
MGM successfully defended an area car dealer. Webb sued the dealer over his trade in of a vehicle that was more than 10 years old when he traded it in, and he had originally purchased it used. Webb sued the car dealer alleging fraudulent misrepresentation based on statements during the...
The Franklin Circuit Court again ruled in favor of John Veitch in his claims against the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission related to penalties imposed on him as Chief State Steward for his actions at the LIFE AT TEN race. In its August 23, 2016, Opinion and Order, the Court reverses...
