Date: 01-10-2009

Case Style: Amanda Goebel v. Carolyn Arnett

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Court: Circuit Court, Campbell County, Kentucky

Plaintiff's Attorney: Shane Sidebottom, Wolnitzek & Rowekamp, P.S.C., Covington, Kentucky

Defendant's Attorney: Allen Button, Louisville, Kentucky

Description: Amanda Goebel sued Louisville Attorney Carolyn Arnett on fraud, breach of contract and other theories for the way in which she handled the placement of Goebel baby which Goebel thought that she wanted to give up at birth. Goebel decided to give up her child for adoption while severely depressed after getting pregnant by an Egyptian national who was in the United States on a student visa.

She was referred to Arnett by Adoptions of Kentucky without being told that Anrett owned the adoption agency. Goebel gave birth and in 2004 and was given to a Wisconsin couple. Goebel and the biological father of the child reconciled and married and the father obtained an judgment of a Wisconsin court granting his sole custody of the child. The father was deported and the child was sent directly to Egypt.

The defenses asserted by Arnett are not available.

Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $6,500.

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