FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Court of Appeals on April 29 held that an attorney “made a claim” under her malpractice insurance policy regarding an incident in an underlying nursing home negligence action when she asked the insurer if she was covered for such an incident. The result was that the claim was asserted prior to the insurer increasing her coverage limit from $250,000 to $1 million, the court said (Ada Baldwin, et al., v. Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky, No. 2010-CA-000592-MR, Ky. App.; 2011 Ky. App. Unpub. LEXIS 371).
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