26A.300 Collection of judgment -- Damages.
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(1)When collection of a judgment for the payment of money has been stayed as
provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, there shall be no damages assessed on the
first appeal as a matter of right contemplated by Section 115 of the Constitution of
Kentucky.
(2)When collection of a judgment for the payment of money has been stayed as
provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure pending any other appeal, damages of ten
percent (10%) on the amount stayed shall be imposed against the appellant in the
event the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed after having been
docketed in an appellate court.
(3)Similar damages of ten percent (10%) shall be imposed when a petition for writ of
certiorari, petition for rehearing, or other petition which stays collection of a
judgment for the payment of money is denied by an appellate court under
circumstances not constituting a first appeal under subsection
(1)of this section.
(4)No additional penalty shall be imposed upon a party as a consequence of a review
subsequent to a petition or a second appeal.
(5)Damages imposed under subsection
(2)or
(3)of this section shall not be payable
and shall be void if the decision of the trial court awarding the payment of money is
ultimately reversed.