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Commonwealth of Kentucky

Court of Appeals

NO.  2005-CA-001983-MR
CHARLES THOMAS AND APPELLANTS L & C MANAGEMENT, INC. D/B/A L & C CONSTRUCTION
APPEAL FROM FAYETTE CIRCUIT COURT
v. HONORABLE GARY D. PAYNE, JUDGE ACTION NO. 04-CI-03499
ARYLON BROOKS AND GLORIA BROOKS APPELLEES
OPINION
AFFIRMING IN PART
REVERSING IN PART, AND REMANDING

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BEFORE: ABRAMSON AND STUMBO, JUDGES; KNOPF,1 SENIOR JUDGE.
ABRAMSON, JUDGE:   Charles Thomas, a building contractor and the sole shareholder
of  L & C Management, Inc. (d/b/a L & C Construction), the corporation through which
Thomas carries on his business, appeals pro se from an August 24, 2005 judgment of the
Fayette Circuit Court finding L & C and Thomas both liable to Arylon and Gloria Brooks
1  Senior Judge William L. Knopf sitting as Special Judge by assignment of the Chief Justice pursuant to Section 110(5)(b) of the Kentucky Constitution and KRS 21.580.
build a single family residence in Lexington.2 In addition to almost $26,000.00 in compensatory damages for breach of the Construction Contract, the trial court awarded the Brookses $25,000.00 in punitive damages and $7,500.00 in attorney fees to remedy what the court found were Thomas

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