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Accidents
- Alcohol-Fueled ATV Accident Wrongful Death Suit Settled for $2.7 Million
- Should Insurers Cover Accidents Caused by Texting?
- Worker Injured In Kentucky Plastics Plant Explosion Dies
- 2 Year Old's Drowning Leads to $9.85 Million Verdict Against Daycare Center
- Two Killed In I-75 Crash in Grant County
Insurance Claims
- Do Insurance Companies Profit By Delaying Payment of Claims?
- Health Insurer Sued for Deceptive Sales Practices
- Farmers Group Settles Overcharging Suit for $455 Million
- Workers Compensation and Accident Claimants to Receive $72.5 Million In Settlement From The Hartford
- Anthem Settles Rate Hike Investigation for $20 Million
Employment Law
- Hospital Settles Race Discrimination Suits for $2 Million
- Panera Bread Sued for Race Discrimination In Hiring
- Race Discrimination In Hiring Case Against Pepsi Settled for $3.13 Million
- Sales Reps File Gender Bias Suit Against Quest Diagnostics
- City Employee Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $500,000
Overtime & Wages
- Forever 21 Employees Seek Unpaid Wages & Overtime In Class Action Suit
- Tip Credit Case Against Applebee's Turned Down by Supreme Court
- $5 Million Settlement In Panera Rest Breaks and Overtime Suit
- Unpaid Wages Suit Against Tyson Settled for $32 Million
- Firefighters Sue for Overtime Pay
Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- OSHA Fine Proposed After 2 Worker Deaths
- Safety Violations Lead to $200 K Fines Following Worker's Electrocution
- Workers Compensation Claims Settled by AIG
- Work Injury Claims from Radiation Exposure Expedited
- Workers Comp Suit Against Wal-Mart Certified As Class Action
Disability Insurance
- Disability Insurance Benefits Reinstated By Court -- Lexington Disability Benefits Lawyer
- Doctor With MS Wins Suit For Disability Benefits Against Hartford Life
- Disability Insurer Tainted Claims Process By Providing Negative, Unfounded Information About Claimant to Medical Records Reviewer
Family Safety
- Hotel Sued By Hotel Guest for Sexual Assault
- Homeowners Sue Over Sewage Damage
- Understaffing at Nursing Homes Leads to $670 Million Verdict
- Nursing Home Death Results in $29.1 Million Verdict
- $30.3 Million Asbestos Exposure Award Affirmed
Whistleblowers
- Cardiologists Charged With Bilking Medicare In Whistleblower Suit
- J & J Risperdal Whistleblower Suit Settled for $158 Million
- Pharmacist Claims Omnicare Overcharged Government In Whistleblower Suit
- Whistleblower Suit Over Misuse of Cardiology Diagnostic Drug Settled for $30 Million
- Whistleblower May Pursue RICO Claims, Court Rules
General
- Excessive Overdraft Fee Against Bank Settled for $13 Million
- Farm Workers Settle Unpaid Wages Suit
- Sex Discrimination As To Pay and Promotions At Issue In Latest Suit Against Walmart
- Call Center Employees Settle Overtime Case for $4 Million
- Train Derailment Suit Settled for $22.5 Million
Kentucky Employment Law Blog.. 
- Employer's Pretextual Reasons For Discharge Warranted Liquidated Damages for FMLA Violation, Sixth Circuit Rules
- FMLA Violated By Employee's Termination, Sixth Circuit Rules
- Kentucky Supreme Court Rules That The First Amendment Does Not Recognize Any Right to Seek Political Office
- Is Whether A Comparator Is Similarly Situated A Jury Question?
- 5th Time the Charm in Ash v. Tyson Foods? The Eleventh Circuit Reverses Itself and Allows To Stand (Partially) A 2d Jury's Race Discrimination Verdict for Plaintiff On The Court's 5th Pass At the Case
- Similarly-Situated In All Relevant Respects; The Sixth Circuit Reverses Based On the District Court's Limiting of Plaintiff's Discovery
- Who Is A Similarly-Situated Comparator? The Sixth Circuit Again Clarifies
- For How Long May Front Pay Be Awarded?
- What Must a Credit Union Whistleblower Prove In a Retaliation Case?
- RICO Claims Arise From Retaliation Against Corporate Whistleblower, Seventh Circuit Rules
Abell Law Blog..
- Should A Judge Recuse When He Owes Money to One of the Law Firms In A Case?
- Sixth Circuit Hears Appeal of Phen-Fen Lawyers, Gallion and Cunningham
- Is An Issue "Almost Too Close to Call" Ripe for Summary Judgment? "No" Rules the Kentucky Court of Appeals
- No Link Between Tort Reform and Job Growth
- Order In the Court!: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Accused of Choking A Colleague
- How Medicare Saves Money
- Are Claims of Defensive Medicine Also Admissions of Fraud?
- Car Safety and the Civil Justice System: Liability and Accountability Makes for Safer Cars and Protects the Public
- Is An Attorney's Fee Paid for Representation at Trial Still Payable If the Client Pleads Guilty and Does Not Go to Trial
- Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and Fibromyalgia Support Disability Finding
News
FDA Whistleblowers Sue Agency For Monitoring Their Private E-Mails
Posted on 1/31/2012
Ovarian Cancer Drug Doxil Shortage To Ease By End of 2012 J & J Claims
Posted on 1/30/2012
Pilot Fired After Reporting Mechanical Problems Ordered Reinstated
Posted on 1/19/2012
All the Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Cases Have Settled
Posted on 1/18/2012
Marketing Fraud Suit Involving Risperdal Goes To Trial
Posted on 1/17/2012
Library
Accidents
- How Lawsuits Have Improved Auto Safety
- Wrongful Death In Interstate Trucking Accident
- Toyota Prius Class Action Lawsuit Complaint
- Class Action Lawsuit against Toyota in Kentucky
- Comair Crash: Court Rules Pilot Negligence "Substantial Factor"
Insurance Claims
- Do Insurance Companies Create Crises to Boost Their Profits?
- 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
- Cancer In Remission Is a Protected Disability Under the Americans With Disabilities Act
- What supports a damages award in a wrongful termination or retaliation case? A long-term career cut short, prolonged unemployment and destructive impact on the fired employee's family life supported a jury verdict awarding $650,000 for emotional distress.
- $650,000 Emotional Distress & Punitive Damages Award Against UPS Upheld - Fischer v UPS
- Disability Discrimination In Violation of Americans With Disabilities Act - Complaint
- Family Medical Leave Act Complaint - Chaplin v Cobb-Vantress
Overtime & Wages
- Working Through Lunch Breaks and Other Breaks Is the Basis of a Lawsuit for Unpaid Overtime and Wages Against CorrectCare
- Kroger Managers File Class Action Overtime Lawsuit
- Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Not Exempt from Overtime Pay Requirements - In Re Novartis Wage & Hour Litigation
- Complaint for Unpaid Wages - Vested Vacation Pay
- Unpaid Overtime and Wages Class Action Suit Against Bank of America
Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- Kentucky Workers Compensation Benefits May Be Doubled Where Employment Ends Due To Previous Work-Related Injuries Other Than Work Injury for Which Claim Is Filed
- Kentucky Workers Compensation Hip Fracture
- Employee's Commute To Work Within Course of Employment Under Kentucky Workers Compensation Law - Fortney v. Airtran Airways
- Kentucky Workers Compensation; Back Injury - Land v Frito-Lay Opinion and Award
- Kentucky Workers Compensation Back Injury; Opinion & Award -- Archer v Back Construction
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
- Waffle House Customer Attacked by Another Customer; Complaint for Injuries
- Mike Martin v Schutzman, et al; Joseph Schutzman Deposition
- 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
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Accidents
- What do you have to prove in a Kentucky personal injury lawsuit?
- 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?
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
- What is "sex plus" discrimination?
- Can I be fired for what I say about my company on Facebook?
- Are cancer patients covered by the ADA?
Overtime & Wages
- Are social workers exempt from overtime pay requirements?
- When is a tip-pooling arrangement illegal?
- Are police sergeants exempt from overtime pay requirements?
Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- What is a permanent impairment rating under Kentucky workers compensation?
- How many days of work do I have to miss before I can get Kentucky workers compensation temporary total disability (TTD) benefits?
- What are temporary total disability (TTD) benefits under Kentucky workers compensation?
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?
- If my doctor represents that I am disabled, will the insurance company automatically start paying me my benefits?
Employee Benefits - ERISA
- Does an employer have any legal duties regarding an employee pension plan?
- What pension plans does ERISA cover?
- What is a fiduciary?
Family Medical Leave Act - FMLA
- Is my employer covered by FMLA?
- Do I have to specifically mention the FMLA to be entitled to leave?
- Is my employer covered by the FMLA?
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 credit union whistleblowers have any legal protection?
- Can I be fired for reporting Medicare fraud?
- Do whistleblower laws protect a private company employee in Kentucky?