KENTUCKY
The Kentucky Post
It happened in a roundabout way, but the appointment of a new judge to preside over the class-action lawsuit in Boone Circuit Court against the Diocese of Covington is something to celebrate and not just if you're on the church's defense team.
John W. Potter, a former Jefferson Circuit Court judge who now handles cases as a senior judge, replaces Boone Circuit Judge Jay Bamberger, who announced recently he planned to retire effective Jan. 5.
Bamberger was embroiled in a nasty legal battle with church attorneys, who wanted him to step off the case because of his close friendship with a jury consultant working for attorneys suing the church. Accusing the church of "forum shopping,'' Bamberger had fought the attempts and threatened to hold its attorneys in contempt for their tactics.
