Hello Chris,
I am afraid with v2013.1.514 disabling legendItemHover / legendItemClick events is not possible - such an option is available with
Kendo UI Q2 2013 Beta release (v2013.2.626). Hence in order to achieve the desired result you should upgrade to the aforementioned version (or later).
Regards,
Iliana Nikolova
Telerik
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