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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
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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?