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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

O'Rourke v. Lexington Real Estate Co., 365 S.W.3d 584 (2011)

Citation
O'Rourke v. Lexington Real Estate Co., 365 S.W.3d 584 (2011)
Parent Document
O'Rourke v. Lexington Real Estate Co., 365 S.W.3d 584 (2011)
Jurisdiction
Kentucky (state)
Effective Date
2011-10-07

Full Text

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The plain language of this statute precludes a rental agreement from requiring a tenant to pay the landlord’s attorney’s fees. Although there is no attorney’s fees clause in the lease signed by O’Rourke, we view the legislative prohibition of such provision as a strong indicium of public policy disfavoring a landlord’s recovery of attorney’s fees incurred in an action against a tenant, except in the special circumstances discussed hereinafter.