Kentucky

More on my earlier post on cause of action for negligent hiring and a South Carolina decision with comments and citations to a Kentucky decision opening the door to that claim. 

John Day at Day on Torts Blog posts on a South Carolina decision - South Carolina Opens Door to Negligent Hiring Claim.  Does anyone know if that door has been opened or closed here in Kentucky?  If so, post the case in comments (and I will move it up here!).

Thanks to Louisville attorneys Matt Lockaby and  Norman McNally for the following:

• The door has been open for quite some time; see Oakley v. Flor-Shin, Inc., 964 S.W.2d 438 (Ky. Ct. App. 1998), discretionary review not sought.  from Matt.
  
• Oakley v. Flor-Shin, Inc., Ky. App., 964 S.W.2d 438, 442 (1998) allows  a claim for negligent hiring "failure to exercise ordinary care in hiring or retaining an employee creates a foreseeable risk of harm to a third person.?  The Supreme Court seemed to recognize Oakley as valid in PATTERSON v. BLAIR,  172 S.W.3d 361 (Ky. 2005) footnote 2.  from Norman