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Workers' Compensation
- Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud Case Settled for $20 Million
- Workers Pressured Not To Report Work Injuries, Government Report States
- 16 American Workers Killed Each Day
- Injured Workers Settle Disability Discrimination Suit For $6.2 Million
- Plant Explosion Injures 7
Employment Law
- USERRA Suit Settled By Reservist
- Misrepresentation of Severance Benefits Leads to Suit
- Administrative Assistant Files Suit for Unpaid Overtime
- Police Officers File Discrimination & Retaliation Suit
- Unpaid Overtime and Wages $2.75 Million Settlement
Insurance Claims
- Health Insurers Reimbursement Rates Target of Class Action
- Cancellation of Insurance Leads to $37 Million Verdict
- Insurer Systematically Underpaid Claims, Lawsuit Says
- Insurance Companies' License To Kill: ERISA
- Health Care Reform: How To Right The Wrong of Coverage Denied
Accidents
- Bicyclist Rendered Paraplegic Settles Injury Suit
- Family of Bicyclist Files Wrongful Death Suit
- $18.5 Million Verdict In Drunk Driving Case
- Cell-Phone Related Crash Results In $1.5 Million Settlement
- Paralyzed Motorcyclist Awarded $44.9 Million By Jury
Disability Insurance
- Doctor With MS Wins Suit For Disability Benefits Against Hartford Life
- Disability Insurance Benefits Reinstated By Court -- Lexington Disability Benefits Lawyer
- Disability Insurer Tainted Claims Process By Providing Negative, Unfounded Information About Claimant to Medical Records Reviewer
Family Safety
- Patient Safety Endangered By Prosecution of Whistleblowing Nurse
- Nursing Home Abuse Case Yields $7.75 Million Verdict
- Sad State of Kentucky Nursing Homes Detailed In Government Report
- Health Care Reform: One Doctor Says Tort Reform Not The Answer
- Only 3% of Medical Malpractice Incidents Result In Malpractice Suits
Whistleblowers
- Whistleblower Suit Settles for $15.4 Million
- Whistleblower Suit Filed by Fired Mining Director
- Doctor's Whistleblower Suit for Medicare Fraud Settled for $800,000+
- Social Worker Files Whistleblower Lawsuit Over Retaliatory Firing
- Whistleblowers To Receive $19 MIllion
General
News
Medical Malpractice System Works Says Americans for Insurance Reform
Posted on 3/6/2010
Public safety Requires Trial Lawyers
Posted on 3/2/2010
Toyota Prius Class Action Filed
Posted on 2/13/2010
No Time for Tort Reform
Posted on 2/10/2010
Class Action Defective Product Suit Filed Against Toyota
Posted on 2/10/2010
Library
Accidents
- Toyota Prius Class Action Lawsuit Complaint
- Class Action Lawsuit against Toyota in Kentucky
- Comair Crash: Court Rules Pilot Negligence "Substantial Factor"
- A Guide To Getting Differential Diagnosis Evidence Admitted
- Bicycle Accidents - Bicyclist Does Not Assume Risk of Defective Roadway - Cotty v. Southampton
Insurance Claims
- Are life insurance benefits payable where death results from accidentally running a stop sign? Since an ordinary person would characterize running a stop sign as an accident, life insurance benefits payable for an accidental death must be paid.
- Uninsured Motorist (UM) Benefits May Be Recovered In Work Death Kentucky Court of Appeals Rules In State Farm v. Slusher
- What are the Insurance companies' "Tricks of the Trade?"
Employment Law
- Kentucky Whistleblower & Employee Free Speech Brief
- Kentucky Whistleblower Act & Employee Free Speech Reply Brief
- Sex discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation complaint; Leach v. Holder
- Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach Lawsuit documents
- The Executive, Administrative and Professional Exemptions to the Overtime Requirement
Workers' Compensation
- Recovery of Damages Against a Co-Worker For Injuries Sustained on the Job
- Recovery of Workers Compensation Benefits Not Barred by Recovery of Damages in Injury Suit Against Third-Party
- Are doctors that examine injured persons for an insurance company or corporation fair? Dorothy Clay Sims wrote a book about it, "Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors." Robert Abell reviewed it for the Kentucky Justice Association publication, The Advocate.
- Worker Injured In Fall Entitled To Benefits -- Vacuum Depositing v Dever
- Injured Worker's Negligence Claim Not Barred By Workers Comp -- Labor Ready v Johnston
Disability Insurance
- Disability Benefits Terminated? Did the Insurance Company consider your doctors' opinions and evaluations?
- Disability Benefits Terminated? An Insurance Company's Failure to Consider Treating Doctor's Opinions Violates Federal Law - Love v. National City
- Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits By Sun Life Ruled Arbitrary and Capricious
- Termination of Disability Insurance Benefits by Sun Life Was Arbitrary and Capricious, Court Rules
- Ignoring and Fabricating Evidence: The Hartford Life Claims Process
General
- Which nursing homes provide the best care?
- Corporate Greed Endangers American Families
- Damages For Loss of a Spouse; Surviving Spouse May Recover Damages for Lost Companionship and Consortium Rules Kentucky Supreme Court
- Mike Martin v Joseph Schutzman - No Probable Cause to Arrest and Charge With Crime
About Us
Robert L. Abell is a lawyer in Lexington, Kentucky with over 20 years experience representing individuals, consumers, employees and workers whose rights have been violated or who have been injured, harmed or damaged by wrongful and intentional misconduct or negligence.
Robert Abell Law office can help you with the following types of cases:
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Personal injury including car accidents, truck accidents on the interstate highway and other cases involving negligence or intentional misconduct
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Claims where insurance benefits are not being paid due to bad faith or unfair claims practices by an insurance company
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Claims related to employee benefits such as 401(k) plans, retirement and pension plans, stock and profit sharing plans
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Employment discrimination claims arising from race, sex, age, national origin, and/or disability discrimination
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Wrongful termination and discharge
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Whistleblower's
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Wage and hour and overtime claims for wages earned
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Consumer claims including loan and lending practices and other credit transactions
Free Consultation
Robert Abell
120 North Upper Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Phone: (859) 254-7076
Fax: (859) 281-6541
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FAQs
Accidents
- What damages can be recovered if my spouse is killed in a car wreck?
- What is the Kentucky statute of limitations to file suit for injuries caused in an automobile accident?
- Can you recover damages for loss of a spouse's companionship because of injuries caused by another's negligence?
Insurance Claims
- Can you sue an insurance company for deceptive practices?
- Is it illegal for an insurance company to delay paying a claim?
- How long can an insurance company take to settle a claim in Kentucky?
Employment Law
- If I get fired in Kentucky, am I entitled to my vacation pay?
- Is a loan underwriter exempt from overtime?
- Is a job that does not require an advanced degree exempt from overtime under the "professional" exemption?
Workers' Compensation
- If I file for workers comp benefits at my job, will they try to fire me?
- Can I sue for damages if I'm injured at work because of my boss's negligence?
- If I am found permanent partial disability (PPD) in workers compensation, can I still work?
Disability Insurance
- My disability insurance company is the Hartford Life group and it has paid its medical evaluator, the University Disability Consortium, $13 million since 2002. Will the review of my claim for disability insurance benefits be fair and unbiased?
- What medical conditions are disabling?
- What does ERISA refer to?
Employee Benefits - ERISA
- What are the duties of a fiduciary of an employee pension plan?
- What is a fiduciary?
- What pension plans does ERISA cover?
Family Medical Leave Act - FMLA
- Can an employer use the taking of FMLA leave as a negative factor in a hiring decision?
- Can my employer use my taking of FMLA leave as a negative factor in an employment action?
- Is my employer allowed to discriminate against me because I took FMLA leave?
Sex Discrimination
- What would constitute a hostile work environment based on sexual harassment?
- I am treated differently than my co-workers, who are five men and one woman. My boss treats the other woman in our group different than me but the same as the man. Does this mean that I cannot successfully claim sex discrimination?
Whistleblowers
- Do whistleblower laws protect a private company employee in Kentucky?
- What kind of disclosures or whistleblowing is covered by the Kentucky Whistleblower Act?
- What is the Kentucky Whistleblower Act?