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Accidents
- Kentucky Motorcycle Crashes Up 69%
- $2 Million Verdict In Wreck Caused by Police Officer
- Motorcyclist's Family Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Bus Company for $1.4 million
- Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Family of Pedestrian Killed by Valet Driver
- Shattered Patella From Fall Because of Liquid Soap = $415,000 Verdict
Insurance Claims
- Can Hospitals Charge Uninsured Patients More Than Insured Patients?
- Bad-Faith Termination of Assisted Living Benefits Results in $34.2 Million Verdict Against Insurance Company
- Whistleblower Suit Claims MetLife & Prudential Failed to Pay Millions In Life Insurance Benefits
- Homeowners Sue Insurer Over Home Replacement Valuation Process
- Do Insurance Companies Profit By Delaying Payment of Claims?
Employment Law
- Dock Workers Settle Age Discrimination Suit for $400,000
- City Settles Discrimination Case for $750,000
- Age Discrimination Case Against Law Firm Settled
- Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Aaron's Settled for $6 Million
- FedEx Settles Hiring Discrimination Case for $3 Million
Overtime & Wages
- ACS Call Center Employees Sue for Unpaid Overtime
- Wal-Mart To Pay $4.8 Million In Overtime and Fined
- Yelp Settles Overtime Suit for $1.25 Million
- Supermarket Sued For Overtime by Co-Manager
- IT Workers Suit for Wages & Overtime Granted Class Action Status
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
- Whistleblower Claims She Was Asked to Falsify Grades At Charter School
- Medicare & Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Suit Settled for $137.5 Million
- Lockheed Martin Pricing Fraud Whistleblower Suits Settled for $15.9 Million
- Whistleblower's Retaliation Suit Reinstated by Appeals Court
- Misreported Drug Prices Yield $11 Million Settlement in Whistleblower Case
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.. 
- Damages Recoverable under RICO for Fraudulent Deprivation of Workers Compensation Benefits
- A Claim for Workers Compensation Benefits Is Property Under RICO, Sixth Circuit Rules
- No "Inherent Incompatibility" Between FLSA Collective Action & State Law Class Action In Same Suit, Third Circuit Rules
- Supreme Court Limits State Employees' Protections Under FMLA
- Race Discrimination Class Action by Merrill Lynch Brokers Approved by Seventh Circuit
- Deputies' Report of Sheriff's Eavesdropping Addressed Matter of Public Concern and Was Protected by First Amendment
- McDonnell Douglas Burden-Shifting Framework Applicable to False Claims Act Retaliation Claims, First Circuit Rules
- What Is Pretext? An Amalgam of Irregularities, Inconsistencies and Implausibilities
- Is Driving A Major Life Activity Under the ADA?
- Employer's Pretextual Reasons For Discharge Warranted Liquidated Damages for FMLA Violation, Sixth Circuit Rules
Abell Law Blog..
- Use Goes Down, Prices Go Up: The Spiraling Upward Cost of Healthcare
- Does the Supreme Court Even Understand the Healthcare Reform Law?
- Did the Fifth Circuit Have a "Hissy Fit"?
- Lost Future Earning Capacity; What Is It and How Is It Proved?
- Did Dickens Hate Lawyers?
- 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
News
Sex & Gender Discrimination In Employment: A Guide
Posted on 5/17/2012
Questions About Car Insurance?
Posted on 5/16/2012
Get A Free Kentucky Consumer Guide to Buying Car Insurance
Posted on 5/15/2012
Are Medical Malpractice Payouts Going Up?
Posted on 5/14/2012
Deaths from Vehicle Crashes Dropped Again in 2011
Posted on 5/9/2012
Library
Accidents
- Kentucky Consumer Guide To Buying Car Insurance
- 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
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
- Sex & Gender Discrimination In Employment -- A SPECIAL REPORT
- 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
Overtime & Wages
- Yelp Overtime Settlement
- Correctcare Wage & Hour Litigation - Plaintiffs' Response to Correctcare's Motion for Protective Order
- Class Action Complaint Against CorrectCare for Unpaid Wages & Overtime
- Wages & Overtime Sought For Working During Unpaid Meal Break - Class Action Law Reply Memorandum
- Wages & Overtime Sought For Working During Unpaid Meal Break - Class Action Law Memorandum
Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- Kentucky Workers Compensation Back Injury - Archer v Back Construction
- Kentucky Court of Appeals Upholds Workers Compensation Award for Back Injury - Archer v Back Construction
- 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
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
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- Accidents
- Kentucky Motorcycle Crashes Up 69%
- $2 Million Verdict In Wreck Caused by Police Officer
- Motorcyclist's Family Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Bus Company for $1.4 million
- Wrongful Death Suit Filed by Family of Pedestrian Killed by Valet Driver
- Shattered Patella From Fall Because of Liquid Soap = $415,000 Verdict
- Driver That Ran Red Light Sued Over Fatal Accident
- $5 Million Settlement In School Bus That Killed Teen Case
- 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
- Fort Hood Shootings Lead to $750 Million In Claims Against Government
- $90 Million Verdict In Nursing Home Death Case Upheld by Judge
- Auto Insurance Covers Emotional Distress Injury, Court Rules
- Low Porch Railings Cited In Wrongful Death Suit Settlement
- Bracken County Wreck Kills One, Injures Two Children
- Leslie County Crash Claims Life of Hyden Man
- Absent Traffic Signal Cause of Fatal Accident, Suit Claims
- Lexington Motorcyclist Killed In U.S. 60 Accident
- $30 Million Verdict Follows Boating Accident
- Bicyclist's Family Settles Suit for $1.5 Million
- Georgetown Man Killed In Wreck on US 25
- Accident on US 460 Claims Life of Magoffin County Woman
- Motorcyclist Killed, Another Injured in Bath County Wreck
- Pipeline Explosion Produces Another Wrongful Death Lawsuit
- Electrocution of Teen Results in $4.4 Million Damages Verdict
- Wayne County Wreck Kills Three
- Paris Woman Killed In US 68 Crash
- Versailles Man Is Second Fatality In Military Pike Accident
- Brandenburg Woman Killed In Car Wreck
- Motorcyclist Killed On New Circle Road
- Versailles Woman Killed In Wreck on Military Pike
- Irvine Man Killed In Estill County Wreck
- Auto Safety and the Civil Justice System
- Elevator Accident Results in $1 Million Settlement for Family
- Danville Woman Killed In Crash
- Winchester Woman Killed, 4 Injured In Clark County Crash
- Suit Filed Following Fatal Tour Bus Crash
- Power Plant Explosion Results in $16 Million Settlement
- Woman with Brain Injury from Being Hit by Bus Settles for $4.5 Million
- Trucker & Trucking Company Sued In Bicyclist's Death
- Trucking Crash Yields $15 Million Verdict
- Crash on Ky. 55 Kills Springfield Woman
- Interstate Trucking Accident Yields $35 Million Verdict
- Michigan Woman Killed In I-75 Crash in Madison County
- Bicyclist Settles Injury Suit for $3.5 million
- Fatal Bus Crash Gives Rise to Suits
- Cynthiana Woman Killed In Wal-Mart Parking Lot
- Motorcyclist Injured by Pothole in Road Settles Suit
- $32.2 Million Verdict From Auto Crash Upheld
- Suit for Injuries Caused by Tent Collapse Settled
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Failure to Respond to Vehicle Recall Results in $15 Million Verdict
- Defective Guardrail Suit Settled for $15 Million
- Indiana Man Killed in Tractor Trailer Crash on I-64
- Hartford to Pay $72.5 Million to Settle Injury Settlement Class Action Suit
- Family of Nurse Killed in Helicopter Crash to Receive $5.6 Million in Settlement
- Bicyclist Awarded $2.9 Million for Neck Injuries
- Police Officer Receives $375,000 For Injuries From Car Chase Crash
- I-75 Crash In Madison County Kills Michigan Woman
- Two Killed in I-64 Crash in Bath County
- Drunk Driving Suit Settles for $2.255 Million
- Briar Hill Road Crash Kills Nurse
- Georgetown Man Killed In Accident on US 460
- Hart County Crash On 1-65 Kills Eleven
- 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
- $89 Million Drunk Driving Verdict
- Family of Teen Killed By Tractor Trailer Receives $5.25 Million Verdict
- Winchester Man Dies From Car Crash
- 3 Killed In Barren County Wreck
- Bourbon County Wreck Kills Paris Woman
- Jamestown Woman Injured In Crash - Kentucky Car Crash Lawyer
- Two Salyersville Women Killed In Wreck Near Richmond - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Pulaski County Man Killed On U.S. 27
- Georgetown Woman Killed In Crash - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Pedestrian Struck and Killed Near Lebanon - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Wolfe County Motorcycle Crash Kills Two - Kentucky Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
- Carrollton Crash Kills Tennessee Man - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- $3.1 Million Verdict for Drunk Driving Victim
- Woodford Crash Kills Two, Injures Six - Lexington Accident Lawyer
- Montgomery County Crash Kills One, Injures Four
- Wheatley Man Killed In Crash - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Harlan County Man Killed In Crash - Lexington Accident Lawyer
- Paris Man Killed In Newtown Pike Accident - Lexington Accident Lawyer
- Man Killed In Spencer County Crash
- I-65 Crash Kills Shepherdsville Man - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Lexington Crash Kills Two
- Crash On New Circle Road Kills One, Injures One
- Bicyclist Killed By Drunk Driver In Louisville
- West Liberty Man Killed In Crash
- Spencer County Wreck Kills Shelbyville Man
- $3.5 Million Trucking Accident Verdict -- Kentucky Trucking Accident Lawyer
- Lewis County Crash Kills Two -- Kentucky Car Accident Lawyer
- US 42 Crash Kills One, Injures Two -- Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Two Car Crash Near Somerset Kills One -- Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Sturgis Women Killed In Nevada Crash - Kentucky Car Accident Lawyer
- Harrodsburg Woman Killed In Car Crash, Driver Flees Scene -- Kentucky Car Wreck Lawyer
- Motorcyclist Killed On Athens-Boonesboro Road -- Lexington Accident Lawyer
- Motorcycle Crash In Garrard County Kills One - Kentucky Motorcycle Lawyer
- Water Skier Killed On Lake Williamstown - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- I-75 Car Crash Kills Four From Midway - Kentucky Car Accident Lawyer
- $2.3 Million Settlement In Bicyclist's Death
- Elliott County Wreck Kills Two - Kentucky Car Accident Lawyer
- Motorcyclist Killed In Casey County Crash -- Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Bicyclist Hit By Car -- Kentucky Bicycle Injury Lawyer
- Lexington Man Killed In Morgan County Crash - Lexington Accident Lawyer
- I-64 Crash Kills Virginia Beach Woman - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- One Killed, Many Injured In Pulaski County Crash - Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- I-64 Crash Kills West Liberty Man -- Kentucky Accident Lawyer
- Clay County Crash Kills Two - Kentucky Car Accident Lawyer
- Bell County Crash Kills One, Injures Two
- Firefighters Injured In Meade County Accident
- Trucking Companies Sued For Honeymooners' Deaths
- Harrison County Car Crash Kills Guardsman - Kentucky Car Accident Lawyer
- Pike County Man Killed In Car Crash
- Bicyclist Does Not Assume Risk of Defective Roadway
- Car Crash On Old Richmond Road Kills Lexington Woman
- Gallatin County Car Wreck Kills One, Injures Four
- Gallatin County Crash Kills Tennessee Woman
- I-75 Tractor Trailer Crash Kills One
- Local Artist Killed In Hit & Run
- Motorcyclist Killed In Knott County Crash
- Two Asbury Theological Students Killed In Jessamine County Crash
- Motorcyclist Killed In Perry County Crash
- Whitesburg Wreck Kills Kentucky Woman, Injures South Carolina Man & Three Others
- Clinton County Woman Killed In Crash
- Bicyclist Killed By Dump Truck Suit Settled
- Alumni Drive Crash Claims Life of Lexington Woman
- Nicholas County Crash Kills 3 From Cincinnati
- Bicyclist Settles Brain Injury Claim Caused By Defective Bikepath
- Louisville Man Killed In I-65 Crash
- Breathitt County Woman Killed In Crash
- Mt. Sterling Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash
- Cumberland County Pilot Killed In Metcalfe County Crash
- Harrodsburg Woman Killed In Crash
- Truckdriver Killed On 1-71
- Madison County Crash Kills Berea Man
- Pineville Woman Killed In Crash
- Ohio Teen Killed In Casey County Crash
- London Woman Killed In Laurel County Crash
- Virginia Teen Killed In Pike County Crash
- 17 Traffic Fatalities Last Week In Kentucky
- Traffic Deaths In 2008 Lowest Since 1961
- Corinth Man Killed On U.S. 25 In Grant County
- Breathitt County Woman Killed In Crash
- Motorcyclist Killed On Palumbo Drive in Lexington
- Woodford County Woman Killed In Old Frankfort Pike Crash
- Winchester Road Wreck Injures Four
- One Killed, Five Injured In Pulaski County Crash
- Pineville Man Killed In Knox County Crash
- ATV Crash Fatal
- Laurel County Crash Kills Teacher
- Scott County Wreck Kills Mother, Injures Family
- Cumberland Parkway Crash Kills Two, Injures Two
- Underinsured Motorist (UIM) Benefits Claim Rejected By Court
- Laurel County Wreck Kills One, Injures Two
- Daughter Covered by Mother's Underinsured Motorist (UIM) Coverage
- Insurance Claims
- Can Hospitals Charge Uninsured Patients More Than Insured Patients?
- Bad-Faith Termination of Assisted Living Benefits Results in $34.2 Million Verdict Against Insurance Company
- Whistleblower Suit Claims MetLife & Prudential Failed to Pay Millions In Life Insurance Benefits
- Homeowners Sue Insurer Over Home Replacement Valuation Process
- 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
- Credit Insurance Class Action Against Resource Life to Proceed
- 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
- Suit Against CIGNA For Taunting Family of Dead Cancer Patient May Go Forward
- $10 Million Verdict Against Fortis for Cancellation of Health Insurance Upheld
- HMOs Deny 1 In 5 Claims, Study Shows - Insurance Claims Lawyer
- $14.6 Million Verdict On Uninsured Motorist Claim -- Lexington Accident Lawyer
- Homeowners Insurance Class Action Against Nationwide Settled - Kentucky Insurance Lawyer
- $6.2 Million Verdict In Disability Insurance Bad Faith Case
- Uninsured Motorist (UM) Benefits Payable Where Employee Killed by Co-Worker's Negligence
- Employment Law
- Dock Workers Settle Age Discrimination Suit for $400,000
- City Settles Discrimination Case for $750,000
- Age Discrimination Case Against Law Firm Settled
- Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Aaron's Settled for $6 Million
- FedEx Settles Hiring Discrimination Case for $3 Million
- Pregnancy Discrimination Case Settled for $140,000
- A "Cesspool of Discrimination" Coke Plant Employees Claim In Suit
- Drug Sales Rep Wins $1.868 Million Age Discrimination Verdict
- Epileptic Settles Disability Discrimination Suit
- 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
- Female Employees' Suit Against University Athletic Department Settled
- Law Professor's Hiring Discrimination Suit Reinstated
- $880,000 Wrongful Discharge Judgment Upheld by Appeals Court
- $18.3 Million Verdict In Age Discrimination Case
- Comcast Sued for Race Discrimination Against Employees and Customers
- Hospital Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $530,000
- $100,000 Settlement In Discrimination Suit Against Sears
- Nationwide Age Discrimination Suit Against AT & T Settled
- Sex Discrimination Suits Against Walmart Continue
- City Settles Long-Running Race Discrimination Case
- Breast Cancer Survivor Sues for Wrongful Termination
- Class Action Sex Discrimination Suit Against Ruth's Chris's Steakhouse
- Sexual Harassment, Misappropriation of Funds Alleged in Wrongful Termination Suit
- University Registrar Wins $1.1 Million Verdict in ADA Case
- Female Banking Executive Files Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
- Firefighter Fired for Truthtul Testimony Wins Retaliation Verdict
- 3M Settles Age Discrimination Suit for $3 Million
- $300,000 Discrimination Verdict Against Chrysler
- Police Officer Prevails In Disability Suit
- Age Discrimination Suit Against Phone Company Settled for $1 Million
- City Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $1 Million
- Faiure to Accommodate Disability Suit Settled for $150,000
- City Settles Discrimination Suit for $2.8 Million
- Hiring Discrimination Case Against Best Buy Settled
- $95 Million Sexual Harassment Verdict
- Accounting Firm Sued for Sex Discrimination In Pay & Promotions
- Race & Sex Discrimination Claims Settled for $55,000
- $290,000 Settlement In Sexual Harassment Suit
- News Anchor Files Discrimination Suit
- University Settles Suit With Former Football Coach
- Area Sales Manager Settles Age Discrimination Suit Against Dillard's
- University Hospital Doctor Files Discrimination and Defamation Suit
- Sexual Propositions Alleged in Harassment Suit Against McDonald's
- "Boys Club" Charged In Sex Discrimination Suit Against Eaton Corp.
- Mexican Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart Settled for $440,000
- $450,000 Verdict In Retaliation Case
- Gender Discrimination Class Action Suit Against Bayer Pharmaceuticals
- Age Discrimination Against 3M Settled for $12 Million
- Cigna Health Insurance Sued for Sex Discrimination by Female Managers
- $1.65 Million Settlement in Sex Discrimination Case
- Toshiba Sued for Sex Discrimination
- Guardsman Awarded $600,000 In USERRA Case Against Oldham County
- Female Police Officer Settles Sex Bias Case for $150,000
- $5.8 Million Verdict For Fired White Employee in Discrimination Case
- Female Broker Settles Sex Discrimination Suit Against Merrill Lynch
- Race Discrimination Suit Against State Government Certified As Class Action
- Senate Should Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
- Pay Disparities, Strip Club Parties & Hallway Groping Cited in Sex Discrimination Suit
- Greater Protection Against Age Discrimination Urged
- Female Police Lieutenant Files Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
- Unfair Assignments, Harassment & Retaliation Lead to $1 Million Race Discrimination Settlement
- Pregnancy Discrimination Suit Against Police Department Settled
- Sex Discrimination Suit by Female Sales Reps Against Sanofi Settled for $15 Million
- Disability Discrimination Suit Filed Against Toyota by Former Workers
- Sex Discrimination Suit by Female Sales Reps Against Novartis Settled for $152 Million
- $113,800 Verdict In Pregnancy Discrimination Suit
- Race Discrimination Suit Against Home Builder Settled
- Age & Race Discrimination Suit Settled for $125,000
- Firefighter Settles Sex Discrimination Suit for $3.35 Million
- Doctor Awarded $3.6 Million in Religious Discrimination Suit
- African-American Police Officer Files Race Discrimination Suit
- Racial Harassment Suit Filed by Airport Workers
- Sales Reps Win $3.36 Million Verdict In Sex Discrimination Case against Novartis
- Epileptic Police Officer Awarded $225,000 for Disability Discrimination
- Psoriatic Arthritis Covered by Americans With Disabilities Act, Court Rules
- Former VP Sues JP Morgan Chase for Sex Discrimination
- "Subjected to Sexual Harassment for Several Years" Firefighter Files Suit
- $6.5 Million Verdict for Police Officer for Wrongful Termination
- Sex Bias Suit Against Novartis Begins
- Financial Advisors Sue Over Sex Discrimination
- Female Police Officer Claims Sex Discrimination In Promotion Decision
- $12 Million Settlement In Wal-Mart Discrimination Suit
- USERRA Suit Settled By Reservist
- Misrepresentation of Severance Benefits Leads to Suit
- Police Officers File Discrimination & Retaliation Suit
- Retaliation Victim Wins $1.5 Million Verdict
- Firefighter Claims Retaliation For Prior Successful Race Bias Suit
- Racial Hostile Work Environment Yields $1 Million Plus Judgment
- Glass Ceiling Sex Discrimination Suit Settles for $19 Million
- Fired Assessor Claims Retaliation Over Prior Discrimination Suit
- Racial Harassment Suit Against Bahama Breeze Restaurant Settles for $1.26 Million
- Police Officer's Harassment Case Settles for $230,000
- Race Bias Suit Settles for $8.9 Million
- $51 Million Paid Out In Pension Benefits Case
- Retaliation Verdict for Doctor of $3.1 Million
- Firefighter Captain Settles Disability Discrimination Suit
- $6.2 Million Age Discrimination Verdict
- Age Discrimination Protections Needed Says New York Times
- Racial Harassment Yields $1.2 Million Verdict Against Nucor
- Sexual Harassment Settlement $225,000
- Age Discrimination Suit by Coal Miners Against Massey Energy Settles for $8.75 Million
- Whistleblower Suit Filed by Fired Respiratory Therapist
- $1.3 Million Verdict In Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Case
- Frat House Atmosphere and Pay Disparity Results In Sex Discrimination Suit Against Anheuser-Busch
- Nurses Sue Hospital For Sexual Harassment
- $1 Million Punitive Damages Assessed Wal-Mart For Firing Pharmacist That Demanded Equal Pay
- $18 Million Settlement In Police Race Discrimination Suit
- Vanguard Financial Group Sued For Race Discrimination
- Gender Bias Suit Filed Against JPMorgan Chase - Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- $850,000 Settlement In Firefighter Sexual Harassment Case
- $415,000 Settlement In Racial Harassment Case
- $28 Million Settlement In Wal-Mart Wage Case
- Disability Discrimination Suit Against Grocer
- $1.45 Million for Police Officer In Discrimination Suit
- Allstate Age Discrimination Suit Settled for $4.5 Million - Kentucky Age Discrimination Lawyer
- $992,500 Verdict In Age Discrimination Suit - Age Discrimination Lawyer
- USERRA Suit Against Continental Airlines
- UPS Medical Leave Policy Violates Disability Law, EEOC Charges In Class Action Suit
- $1.1 Million Verdict In Retaliation Case
- Employee With Cerebral Palsy Sues Target For Disability Discrimination
- Deputy Sheriff Files Whistleblower Suit
- $1.7 MIllion Settlement In Sexual Harassment Suit Against Lowe's
- UPS Account Managers Sue for Overtime
- $900,000 Hiring Discrimination Settlement
- Comair Whistleblower Wins Suit - Kentucky Whistleblower Lawyer
- $1.8 Million Disability Discrimination Verdict
- Police Officers Win Race Discrimination Suit
- $9.1 Sex Discrimination Settlement with Dell Computers - Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Sexual Harassment Suit Against City -- Kentucky Sexual Harassment Lawyer
- Age Discrimination Focus of EEOC Hearing -- Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- $21 Million Settlement In Race Bias Suits Against Kodak -- Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Sex Discrimination Suit Settled Against Temp Agency for $250,000 -- Lexington Discrimination Lawyer
- USERRA Win By National Guardsman -- Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- Race Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart Settled - Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- Pension Calculation Change Target Of Class Action Lawsuit -- Kentucky Employee Benefits Lawyer
- Pregnant Police Officer Wins Discrimination Case -- Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Nurse Sues For Disability Discrimination - Kentucky Disability Lawyer
- Women Sue Bank of America Over Lesser Bonuses
- Disability Discrimination Enforcement Stepped Up By EEOC -- Kentucky Disability Lawyer
- $2.5 Million Settlement In Race Discrimination Suit -- Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- $3.1 Million In Back Pay Ordered In Race Discrimination Suit - Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Disability Discrimination Suit Filed Against K-Mart -- Lexington Disability Lawyer
- Race Discrimination Suit Settled By Starbucks for $120,000 - Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Class Action Suit For Reduced Wages Approved - Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- $3 Million Retaliation Verdict - Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- Discharged Employee Entitled To Unused Vacation Pay - Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- Class Action For Unpaid Overtime Sought Against Mercedes
- $1.45 Million Settlement In Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
- Race Discrimination Lawsuit Against Eli Lilly Grows
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Covered By ADA - Lexington Disability Discrimination Lawyer
- Sexual Harassment Suit by Police Officers Settled For $5 Million
- Police Discriminated Against Female Officer, Lawsuit Claims
- Proving the "Glass Ceiling" and Sex Discrimination
- $220,000 Settlement In Age Discrimination Suit
- Male Accused of Sexual Harassment May Sue For Sex Discrimination
- Call Center Employees Sue For Overtime
- Police Canine Handlers Settle Overtime Suit
- Epileptic Awarded $475,000 In Disability Discrimination Case
- Wage Class Actions Against Wal-Mart Settled
- Hostile Work Environment Created By "Locker Room" Atmosphere
- Hospital Employees File Age Discrimination Lawsuit
- Starbucks Store Manager Overtime Lawsuit Granted Conditional Class Action Status
- Indiana Lottery Settles Race Discrimination Suit For $2.8 Million
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Costco
- FMLA Violated By Retroactive Termination of Health Insurance
- Wage & Hour Class Action Settled For $11.7 Million
- Sexual Harassment Victim Awarded $5.8 Million By Jury
- Injured Returning Soldiers' Discrimination Suits On The Rise
- Nurses File Class Action Suit for Training and Mealtime Pay
- Sex Discrimination Occurs Where Employer Assumes That A Woman, Because She Is A Woman, Will Neglect Her Job Duties In Favor of Childcare Responsiblities, Court Rules
- Latino National Origin Discrimination Class Action Settled for $4.3 Million
- Female Professors Settle Pay Discrimination Suit
- Older Workers Targeted for Downsizing Settle Age Discrimination Suit
- Wage and Hour Enforcement Faulted In Government Report (Again)
- Diabetic Covered By Americans With Disabilities Act
- Overtime & Wages
- ACS Call Center Employees Sue for Unpaid Overtime
- Wal-Mart To Pay $4.8 Million In Overtime and Fined
- Yelp Settles Overtime Suit for $1.25 Million
- Supermarket Sued For Overtime by Co-Manager
- IT Workers Suit for Wages & Overtime Granted Class Action Status
- Time Spent Putting On Protective Clothing Class Action Goes Forward
- $5.25 Million Settlement In Tip Withholding Suit
- Capital Grille Restaurant Workers Sue for Overtime & Wages
- Newspaper Carriers Settles Wages & Overtime Suit for $30 Million
- Newspaper Reporter Sues for Unpaid Overtime
- Hotel Banquet Employees Settle Withheld Tips Case
- 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
- Sales Reps Sue Groupon for Unpaid Overtime & Wages
- Overtime Suit Claims Misclassification as Independent Contractors
- Servers Settle Tip-Sharing Suit Against Outback for $1.25 Million
- Kentucky Counties & Cities Are Not Immune from Overtime Law
- Shift Supervisors File Class Action Suit for Unpaid Overtime
- AT&T Managers' Class Action for Unpaid Overtime Moves Forward
- Cable Installer Claims Was Misclassified as Independent Contractor Sues for Overtime
- Are You Required To Be At Your Work Station Before Your Official Start Time?
- Merrill Lynch Sales Associates File Class Action Suit for Overtime
- Paramedics & EMTs Sue City for Overtime Pay
- Failure to Include Bonus In Calculating Overtime Pay Leads to $830,000 Settlement
- Drug Sales Reps File Class Action Suit for Unpaid Overtime
- Advertising Salespeople Sue for Overtime
- Carwash Worker Awarded $80,000 In Unpaid Wages
- Law Firm's Technical Support Employees Sue for Unpaid Overtime
- Overtime Suit For Time Worked Off-the-Clock Reinstated
- Lexington Restaurant Workers Recover Unpaid Wages & Overtime
- Chicken Plant Workers Overtime Suit Goes Forward
- Police Officers Sue for Overtime Compensation
- Oral Complaints About Overtime Violations Protected from Retaliation
- Mortgage Brokers Overtime Suit Nears End
- Misclassified Tech Workers Settle Overtime Suit for $1.45 Million
- Supervisor Seeks Unpaid Overtime from BP Oil Spill
- Cleanup Workers Seek Unpaid Overtime Compensation
- CVS Shift Managers Seek Unpaid Overtime
- Store Managers at Radio Shack Sue for Unpaid Overtime
- Loan Officer Seeks Unpaid Overtime
- Store Managers at Harbor Freight Sue for Unpaid Overtime
- Overtime Sought for Time Spent On Safety Wear & Equipment
- Computer Programmer Sues for Overtime Pay
- Assistant Managers Sue Dollar Tree for Overtime & Minimum Wage Violations
- Techinical Analysts, Project Managers & Quality Analysts Suit for Overtime Certified As Class Action
- FedEx Ground Delivery Driver Suit Settled for $2.3 Million
- Police Sue for Unpaid Overtime
- Overtime Suit Against Olan Mills Settled
- Unpaid Overtime Sought In Class Action Suit Against Dick's Sporting Goods
- Retail Managers Settle Overtime Suit
- Kroger Managers Seek Unpaid Overtime in Class Action Suit
- Construction Workers To Receive $2.2 Million In Back Wages
- Computer Network Technicians File Class Action Suit for Overtime
- Working Through Breaks & On Call Time Lead To Overtime Lawsuit
- Overtime Suit Arising from Misclassification Settled for $5 Million
- Firefighters File Overtime Suit for Pre-Shift Work
- Unpaid Wages for Weekend Pay for VA Employees Now A Class Action
- Domino's Delivery Drivers Unpaid Wages Suit Certified As Class Action
- Pharmaceutical Sales Reps Not Exempt from Overtime Requirements, Court Rules
- Overtime Suit Against RJ Reynolds Settled
- K-9 Officers Settle Overtime Suit
- Overtime & Back Pay Suit Against Cable TV Company Settled for $18 Million
- Hospital Workers Settle Unpaid Overtime & Meal Break Suit for $8.5 Million
- Unpaid Overtime & Wages Suit Against Bank of America
- Protective Clothing Overtime Suit Against Tyson Foods Settled
- Deputies Sue Sheriff for Unpaid Overtime
- Unpaid Wages Suit Settled With Wal-Mart
- Working Off the Clock & Through Meal Breaks Subject of CVS Overtime Suit
- Restaurant Workers File Class Action Suit for Overtime
- Health Care Workers Challenge Overtime Exemptions In Class Action
- Wages & Vacation Pay Suit Against Wal-Mart Settled
- Misclassified Managers Sue Dollar General for Overtime
- Overtime & Wages Sought by Misclassified Independent Contractors
- Claiming They Were Misclassified Managers Sue for Overtime
- $40 Million Settlement in Another Unpaid Wages Suit Against Wal-Mart
- Wage Class Action Lawsuit Over Hiring of Illegal Aliens Settles for $18 Million
- Hooters Targeted by Wage & Hour Lawsuits Over Tip Sharing & Promotional Work
- Working Off the Clock Leads to City Employees File Class Action Overtime Suit
- Administrative Assistant Files Suit for Unpaid Overtime
- Unpaid Overtime and Wages $2.75 Million Settlement
- Wage Lawsuit Settled Against Cintas
- Misclassification of Managers as Exempt Is Basis for Overtime Suit Against AT & T
- Police Settle Overtime Case for $1.75 Million
- UPS Delivery Driver Overtime Suit Settled for $12.8 Million
- Unpaid Overtime and Missed Breaks Suit Against Wal-Mart Settles for $40 Million
- Hospital Workers Seek Wages For Working Through Meal Breaks
- TV Station Employees File Suit for Unpaid Overtime & Wage Violations
- Suit Claims Retaliation for Demanding Overtime Be Paid
- Unpaid Wages and Expenses Sought In Class Action Suit By Truckers
- Missed Breaks & Unpaid Wages Class Action Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart Settles
- Meal Break Suit Against Wal-Mart Settled for $3 Million
- Lowe's Wage Class Action Suit Settled
- Overtime and Retaliation Lawsuit Filed
- Interrupted Meal Breaks At Center of Overtime Class Action Suit - Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Working Off the Clock Backpay Suit Settled for $7 Million - Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Deputy Sheriffs File Class Action Suit for Unpaid Overtime - Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Unpaid Commissions Sought In Class Action Suit
- Misclassified Employees Get Overtime Settlement $17.25 Million - Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- State Workers Awarded $42 Million In Back Pay - Kentucky Wages Lawyer
- Tellers & Personal Bankers Sue Bank of America For Overtime - Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Assistant Managers Sue Home Depot for Overtime
- Pizza Delivery Drivers Seek Unpaid Wages -- Kentucky Wage Lawyer
- Overtime Lawsuit Over Missed Meal Breaks Moves Forward -- Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Representatives Misclassified as Independent Contractors Sue for Northwestern Mutual for Overtime and Wages
- Canine Officer Sues For Unpaid Overtime
- Unpaid Overtime Sought By Mail Carriers In Class Action Lawsuit
- 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
- Death From Miner's Death Suit Against Massey Energy Settled for $2.1 Million
- Employee's Commute Ruled Within Course of Employment Under Kentucky Workers Compensation Law
- Worker At 3M Plant Electrocuted
- Workers Sue over Plant Explosion
- 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
- "Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors" reviewed by Robert Abell
- $6.7 Million Verdict for Worker Killed by Burns - Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- Are Claims Adjusters Paid To Deny Workers Compensation Claims?
- Workplace Death Results In OSHA Fine - Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- Grant County Man Electrocuted -- Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- Worker Injured By Unexplained Fall Entitled To Benefits -- Kentucky Workers Compensation Lawyer
- Hispanic Worker Deaths Show Sharp Rise -- Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- OSHA Investigates Construction Deaths -- Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- Safety Violations Provoke $107,500 In OSHA Fines -- Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- Electrician Killed At Fazoli's Restaurant - Kentucky Work Injury Lawyer
- Blood Splattering In Eye of Health Care Worker Is Compensable Work Injury
- "That's the game, baby" - Workers Compensation Insurance Company Expert Witness Explaining Testimony
- 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
- 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
- Sealing Court Documents Harms Public
- State Acts To Curb Nursing Home Abuse
- Estate of Wife Exposed to Asbestos On Husband's Clothing Awarded Damages
- Care of Patient With Unstable Psychiatric Condition Required by Federal Law
- Whistleblowers
- Whistleblower Claims She Was Asked to Falsify Grades At Charter School
- Medicare & Medicaid Fraud Whistleblower Suit Settled for $137.5 Million
- Lockheed Martin Pricing Fraud Whistleblower Suits Settled for $15.9 Million
- Whistleblower's Retaliation Suit Reinstated by Appeals Court
- Misreported Drug Prices Yield $11 Million Settlement in Whistleblower Case
- 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
- Whistleblower Suit Against Pharmacy Settled for $20 Million
- Nursing Home Settles Double Billing Whistleblower Suit for $2 Million
- Amgen To Settle Illegal Sales & Marketing Whistleblower Suits for $780 Million
- Overbilling for Pacemakers & Defibrillators Leads to $9.25 Million Settlement In Whistleblower Case
- Bank of America Whistleblower Reinstated, $930,000 Damages Paid
- Coal Miner Whistleblower's Pay Restored
- Fed Ex to Settle Whistleblower Suit Over Late Deliveries for $8 Million
- For-Profit College Company Sued In Whistleblower Lawsuit
- Whistleblower Suits Settled Against Military Contractors
- Whistleblowers and Food Industry Gain Protection
- Whistleblower False Claims Suit Against Lockheed Martin Settled for $2 Million
- Mental Health Worker Files Whistleblower Suit Alleging Substandard Care
- Whistleblower To Receive $10 Million In Drug Marketing Settlement
- City Settles Whistleblower Suit for $48,000
- Defective Aircraft Engines At Rolls Royce Cited by Whistleblower
- Whistleblower Lawsuit Against Lockheed Martin To Go Forward
- Whistleblower Suit Regarding Drug Overcharging Settles for $21 Million
- Nurses Fired After Reporting Doctor's Substandard Care Settle Wrongful Termination Cases for $750,000
- Overbilling of Government May Yield $1 Billion Recovery in Whistleblower Case Against Oracle
- Whistleblower Sues Sheriff for Wrongful Termination
- Safety Complaints Led to Firing, Whistleblower Claims
- Insistence on Accurate Accounting Practices Led to Firing, Whistleblower Claims
- Orthopedic Surgeons Charged With Medicare Fraud in Whistleblower Suit
- Whistleblower Suit by Former SEC Lawyer Settled for $755,000
- Whistleblower Suit Alleges Medicaid Fraud Aided by Hospital System
- Whistleblower Suit Against Government Contractor Settled for $12.5 Million
- Whistleblower Suit Against Oracle for Alleged Overcharges to Government
- Whistleblower Who Reported Mayor's Alleged Wrongdoing to FBI Files Suit
- Defense Contractor Whistleblower Files Wrongful Termination Suit
- Whistleblower Retaliation Suit Filed for Bank CFO
- Fired VA Radiologist Claims Retaliation for Whistleblowing
- Whistleblowers To Recover $45 Million
- Water District Manager Files Whistleblower Suit
- Scientist Awarded $1.4 Million In Safety Whistleblower Case
- Police Department Whistleblowers File Suit
- Kentucky Whistleblower Act Applies to Cities
- 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
- Hospital Whistleblower Claims She Was Fired For Reporting Unsanitary Conditions
- Whistleblower Claims Lockheed-Martin Used Defective Coating on F-22
- Whistleblower Suits Rampant In Pharmaceutical Industry
- Whistleblower To Receive $4.5 Million In Government Fraud Case
- Whistleblower Earns $51.5 Million For Reporting Fraud
- Police Whistleblower Files Suit Over Reassignment - Whistleblower Lawyer
- Nursing Whistleblower Awarded $450,000 - Kentucky Whistleblower Lawyer
- $1.3 Whistleblower Recovery - Kentucky Whistleblower Attorney
- Whistleblower Claims Medicare Fraud
- Whistleblower Firefighters File Retaliation Suit
- Whistleblower Reinstated -- Kentucky Whistleblower Lawyer
- Whistleblower Suit Filed By Fired DMV Employee - Kentucky Whistleblower Lawyer
- Whistleblower to Receive $45 Million in Medicaid Fraud Settlement
- 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
- Injuries From Low Power Line Lead to $1.5 Million Verdict
- Tort Reformers Fear of Juries Is Irrational
- $188 Million Overtime Verdict Against Wal-Mart Upheld
- Tip-Sharing Leads to Suit for Overtime & Wages Against Restaurant
- Unpaid Overtime Sought for Pipeline Workers
- Noose In Workplace Results in $150,000 Verdict Against Sheriff
- Bank Sued for Investment Losses
- "Subjected to Sexual Harassment for Several Years" Firefighter Files Suit
- Tort Reform Seeks to Limit the Ability of Trial Juries to Level the Playing Field
- Fifth Third Bank Sued Over Overdraft Fees
Kentucky Employment Law Blog..
- Damages Recoverable under RICO for Fraudulent Deprivation of Workers Compensation Benefits
- A Claim for Workers Compensation Benefits Is Property Under RICO, Sixth Circuit Rules
- No "Inherent Incompatibility" Between FLSA Collective Action & State Law Class Action In Same Suit, Third Circuit Rules
- Supreme Court Limits State Employees' Protections Under FMLA
- Race Discrimination Class Action by Merrill Lynch Brokers Approved by Seventh Circuit
- Deputies' Report of Sheriff's Eavesdropping Addressed Matter of Public Concern and Was Protected by First Amendment
- McDonnell Douglas Burden-Shifting Framework Applicable to False Claims Act Retaliation Claims, First Circuit Rules
- What Is Pretext? An Amalgam of Irregularities, Inconsistencies and Implausibilities
- Is Driving A Major Life Activity Under the ADA?
- Employer's Pretextual Reasons For Discharge Warranted Liquidated Damages for FMLA Violation, Sixth Circuit Rules
Abell Law Blog..
- Use Goes Down, Prices Go Up: The Spiraling Upward Cost of Healthcare
- Does the Supreme Court Even Understand the Healthcare Reform Law?
- Did the Fifth Circuit Have a "Hissy Fit"?
- Lost Future Earning Capacity; What Is It and How Is It Proved?
- Did Dickens Hate Lawyers?
- 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
Practice Areas
News
- Sex & Gender Discrimination In Employment: A Guide
- Questions About Car Insurance?
- Get A Free Kentucky Consumer Guide to Buying Car Insurance
- Are Medical Malpractice Payouts Going Up?
- Deaths from Vehicle Crashes Dropped Again in 2011
- Have Lawyers Lost Their Ethics to Greed?
- Fen-Phen Lawyers Appeal Denied
- 20,000 Teens Suffered Work Injury in 2010
- Police Officers Sue for Overtime Compensation
- Supreme Court Hears Drug Reps Overtime Case
- Overtime Suits Up 32% Since 2008
- Drug Sales Rep Overtime Case Goes Before Supreme Court
- Lawyer Suspended for Charging Excessive Fee
- Medicare Overbilling Inquiry Settled by Tenet Healthcare for $43 Million
- Financial Advisors' Suit for Overtime Against Merrill Lynch Certified As Class Action
- Veteran Fired Illegally by Home Depot Suit Alleges
- Gender Discrimination Class Action Against Bayer Pharmaceuticals Stands, Federal Judge Rules
- Household Mold Claims Get Boost From Court Ruling
- Family Members Exposed to "Take Home" Asbestos Suit May Go Forward
- Can My Employer Demand My Facebook Password?
- Release of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Subject of Suit
- Girl's Death At Frat Party Spurs Suit
- Trucking Safety Rules Challenged by Trucking Industry
- Lottery Winner Must Share $38.5 Million Jackpot With Co-Workers
- Fayette Jail Employee Awarded $60,000 In Sexual Harassment Verdict
- Do Arbitrators Favor the Companies That Hire Them?
- Whistleblower Settles Case Claiming Hospice Provider Defrauded Medicare for $25 Million
- Employees Sue City Over Mismanagement of Pension Funds
- Massey Energy Security Director Sentenced to 3 Years In Federal Prison
- Paid Sick Leave: States & Cities Considering Mandating It
- Healthcare Whistleblower Who Reported Double-Billing Joins $137.5 Million Settlement
- Healthcare Whistleblowers Help Recovery of Nearly $16 Billion
- Is Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Strokes and Memory Loss?
- Should Patients Be Able to Challenge The Reasonableness of Their Hospital Bills?
- Bill Would Enlist Whistleblowers To Root Out Fraud on Kentucky's Government
- Get Healthy Incentives Offered Employees To Lower Their Health Insurance Premiums
- Whistleblowers Receive Bounties In Maritime Pollution Cases
- Hispanic Discrimination Charged In Suit Against Lee County, Florida
- Ashland Settles Overtime Claims With Firefighters
- Debit Card Overdraft Fee Suit Against JP Morgan Chase Settled for $110 Million
- Frivolous Lawsuit against SeaWorld Dismissed
- FDA Whistleblowers Sue Agency For Monitoring Their Private E-Mails
- Ovarian Cancer Drug Doxil Shortage To Ease By End of 2012 J & J Claims
- Pilot Fired After Reporting Mechanical Problems Ordered Reinstated
- All the Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Cases Have Settled
- Marketing Fraud Suit Involving Risperdal Goes To Trial
- Lobbyists Swarm To Weaken Whistleblower Law
- Church Ministers Not Protected by Anti-Discrimination Law
- Federal Appeals Court Reverses Itself In Race Bias Case Against Tyson
- Retired Players Sue NFL Over Concussions
- Do Insurance Companies Create Crises to Boost Profits?
- Upper Big Branch Coal Miner Deaths "Entirely Preventable"
- ESPN's Erin Andrews Files Invasion of Privacy Lawsuit in Nashville
- Coal Companies Sued Over Flood Damages
- Traffic Fatalities Down In Kentucky Over Thanksgiving Holidays
- Supreme Court To Decide Whether Drug Sales Reps Are Entitled to Overtime Pay
- Federal Judge Praises Attorneys In Class Action Settlement
- Lawsuits To Follow From Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal
- Senate Looks To Slash Federal Workers Compensation Benefits
- Worker's Death Leads To $217,000 OSHA Fine
- Will workers comp cover you if you're injured on the job?
- GE Monogram Pro Rangetops Recalled
- Shortage of Chemotherapy Drugs Threatens Cancer Patients
- Facebook Illegally Tracking Users On Internet, Suit Claims
- Independent Contractor: How Employers Evade Workers Compensation & Overtime Laws
- Cellphone Use by Truckers Should Be Outlawed, Lexington Herald-Leader Urges
- States, Labor Department & IRS To Cooperate on Wage & Overtime Enforcement
- Insurance Company Gave Millions to Illinois Supreme Court Justice
- Are Insurance Adjusters Entitled to Overtime Compensation?
- Story of a Courageous Kentucky Coal Miner
- Humana Denies 39% of Kentuckians' Applications for Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Denies 43% of Kentuckians' Applications for Health Insurance
- Driver That Hit Bicyclist In Fatal Accident Charged
- GPS Data Useful to Prove Cause of Bicycle Crashes
- Workplace Deaths Down in 2010 from 2009
- $35 Million Offered by Massey Energy to Settle Coal Slurry Suit
- $3.2 Million Sexual Harassment Verdict Against Former Judge
- Coal Mine Safety Whistleblower Protection Act
- "Hot Coffee": A Must-See Movie
- Bill Limiting Damages for Medical Malpractice Vetoed
- Americans Working Harder & Better, Earning Less
- Medicare Saves Us Money
- Police Officer Wins $1.16 Million Verdict in Retaliation Case
- Injury Suit Arising from Police Car Crash Settled for $650,000
- Asbestos Exposure of Workers Leads to $1.2 Million Fine
- Age Discrimination and the Older Worker -- A Courier-Journal Report
- Richmond Firefighter Killed in Accident
- Tennessee Law Exempting Insurance Companies from Consumer Protection Laws Criticized
- Tort Reform Undermines Personal Responsibility
- Massey Coal Mines Cited for Safety Violations
- Drug Sales Reps' Entitlement to Overtime Pay Ruling Allowed to Stand by Supreme Court
- The Threat of Tort Reform to Our Constitutional Rights
- Healthcare and Health Insurance Special Interests Gave $42 Million to Congress Last Year
- A Sensible Proposal for Medical Liability Reform
- Settlement in Dick's Sporting Goods Wages & Overtime Case
- ESPN Announcer Ron Franklin Files Wrongful Termination Suit
- Drugmakers Payments to Doctors Reviewed by Hospitals
- South Florida Football Coach Leavitt Settles Termination Suit for $2.75 Million
- Improved Coal Mine Safety Faces Continuing Resistance
- Coal Mine Deaths in 2010 = 48
- Law Professors Awarded $5 Million In Punitive Damages
- Massey Energy Settles Fourth Coal Mining Death Suit from Upper Branch Disaster
- Medicare & Medicaid Reimbursement Suit Settled by Merck
- Drug Companies the New Leaders In Fraud, Report States
- Massey Energy's December to Forget Reports the PopTort
- $152 Million In Sex Discrimination Suit Against Novartis Approved
- Retaliation Case from Kentucky Argued in Supreme Court
- Railroad Worker Protection Law To Be Reviewed by Supreme Court
- Number of Injury Lawsuits Continues Sharp Decline
- Whistleblowers Lead to $4.6 Billion In Health Care Fraud Recovery
- $6.2 Million Verdict Against Whitley County Sheriff
- John Deere EZ Trak Zero Turn Mowers Recalled
- Coal Miner Killed at Western Kentucky Mine
- Criminal Charge Filed Against Rand Paul Supporter
- Bank Branch & Call Center Employee Suit Moves Forward
- Massey Energy, Others Cited for Unsafe Coal Mines
- Big Insurers Denied Coverage to 1 in 7 for Preexisting Condition
- Retaliation Protections for Employees Considered by Supreme Court
- Judicial Independence & Money; A Challenge for Fair & Equal Justice?
- Food Safety Imperiled by Corporate and Political Interference
- Frivolous Lawsuit Filed Over Alleged Video Game Addiction
- Fibromyalgia Relief From Tai Chi
- Greater Protections for Employee Benefits Forthcoming
- Wage & Hour & Overtime Violations In Health Care Industry Investigated
- Kagan Confirmed to Supreme Court by 63-37 Senate Vote
- Equal Work, Equal Pay -- the Paycheck Fairness Act
- Consumers' Rights Strengthened by New Federal Regulations
- Federal Workers Compensation Claims Topic of House Hearing
- Safety Concerns of Rig Workers Ignored Before Gulf Disaster
- Nursing Homes Neglect & Abuse Yields $114 Million Verdict
- ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews Sues Hotels
- Thousands of Hospital Infections Caused by Neglect and Ignorance
- $6 Million In OSHA Fines To Be Paid by Imperial Sugar
- How the Civil Justice System Holds Corporate Polluters Accountable
- "Tort Reform Is All About Not Being Responsible"
- Deference to Corporate Interests Characterizes Supreme Court Term
- Supreme Court To Decide Retaliation Case from Kentucky
- Salmonella Outbreak at Central Illiois Subway Restaurants
- Discover Card's Payment Protection Plan Targeted by Consumer Suit
- "Hot Fuel" Is Target of Consumer Class Actions
- Paycheck Fairness Act Aimed at Sex Discrimination In Pay
- Kentucky Mining Company Ordered To Stop Alerts of Suprise Inspections
- Hospital Acquired Infections Website: "Not On My Watch"
- Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine Cited Again for Unsafe Conditions
- $250 Million Punitive Damages Against Novartis for Sex Discrimination
- Punitive Damages Sought In Novartis Sex Discrimination Suit
- Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, Picked for Supreme Court
- Massey Hit With Shareholder Suits Following Fatal Mine Disaster
- Pitino Extortion Trial Put Off to July
- Mine Safety Chief: Massey Plays "Catch Me If You Can"
- Coal Miner's Wives Sue Agency For Failure to Inspect Mines
- Sex Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart May Proceed As Class Action
- KJA Executive Director Maresa Fawns On the Civil Justice System
- Privacy of Public Employees' Text Messages Before the Supreme Court
- Roxanne Conlin Gains in Iowa Senate Race
- New Trucker Safety Rules Adopted Following Hart County Crash
- Sex Discrimination In Insurance Banned by New Health Law
- Malpractice Payouts Decline As Health Care Costs Increase
- Medical Malpractice System Works Says Americans for Insurance Reform
- Public safety Requires Trial Lawyers
- Toyota Prius Class Action Filed
- No Time for Tort Reform
- Class Action Defective Product Suit Filed Against Toyota
- Toyota President Explains Its Action Plan on Recalls
- What Car Models Is Toyota Recalling?
- Toyota To Recall Some 2010 Prius Over Braking Problems
- Fibromyalgia Drug Recall Urged
- Overtime Exemption Article Published by Robert Abell
- Disability Discrimination Charges Increase 10%
- Malicious Prosecution Case Settles for $12 Million
- Robert Abell on Tort Reform In Lexington Herald-Leader
- Race Discrimination Suit Filed Against Cleco Corp.
- Comair Crash: Court Rules Pilot Negligence "Substantial Factor"
- Supreme Court To Decide Employee's Privacy Right In Texting
- Dangers I-75 From Truck Volume
- Tort Reform Endangers Public
- Roxanne Conlin for Senate Website
- Merits of Tort Reform Decline With Malpractice Insurance Premiums
- Healthcare Whistleblower Fraud Suit Settled for $3 Million
- Healthcare Whistleblowers Yield $1.6 Billion In Fraud Recoveries
- Neurontin Clinical Data May Have Been Manipulated
- A Great Trial Lawyer, Roxanne Conlin, To Run For U.S. Senate
- Returning Soldiers Struggle To Find Jobs
- Report On Corporate Greed Endangering Americans
- Tort Reform An Unjust Part of Health Care Reform Says Des Moines Register
- Patients' Rights Given Short Shrift In Health Reform Bills
- Support for Restoring Age Discrimination Protections
- Congress Moves To Enhance Age Discrimination Protections
- XMRV Virus Linked To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Reverse Mortgages for Seniors Target of Consumer Report
- Insurance Company Abuses Discussed at Hearing
- Rescission: When the Insurance Company Doesn't Want to Provide the Coverage You've Been Paying For
- Calls for Tort Reform Condemned; Why Are Americans Demanding Their Rights Be Taken Away
- E-Coli Tainted Cookie Dough Highlights Food Safety Concerns
- Herald-Leader On the Myth of Tort Reform
- $2 Million Settlement In Whistleblower Case
- Whistleblowers Can Testify Against State Farm
- President Obama Names New OSHA Head
- Whistleblower Protection Bill Advances
- Chemical Spill In Scott County - Kentucky Injury Lawyer
- Texting While Driving Increases Crash Risk 23%, Study Says
- Diet Supplements Alleged To Contain Steriods
- Robert Abell Publishes Article on Getting Differential Diagnosis Evidence Admitted
- Overtime Class Action Suit Settled -- Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Age Discrimination Hearing To Be Held by EEOC - Kentucky Age Discrimination Lawyer
- Weakening of Age Discrimination Protections Criticized -- Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Whistleblower Fired For Speaking To Media -- Kentucky Whistleblower Lawyer
- Discrimination Suit Filed Against Campbell Soup -- Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- Tainted Air Target of Lawsuit -- Kentucky Workers Compensation Lawyer
- Overtime Suit For Busdrivers Advances - Kentucky Overtime Lawyer
- Hospital's Inflated Patient Records Yield $2.75 Million Fraud Settlement
- Oatmeal Recall
- E Coli Confirmed In Cookie Dough
- Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough Recall
- Tainted Cookie Dough Suit Filed -- Kentucky Injury Lawyer
- More Support for Paycheck Fairness Act - Sex Discrimination
- Paycheck Fairness Act - Kentucky Discrimination Lawyer
- Whistleblower Case To Be Decided By Supreme Court
- EEOC To Revise Disability Act Regulations - Lexington Disability Lawyer
- Medical Insurers Vow To Continue Rescission Policies
- Asbestos Victims' Medical Bills To Be Paid By EPA
- Whistleblower Wins Judgment Against City
- Nursing Homes Fined Over Resident Deaths
- Government Joins Whistleblower Suit Against Drugmaker
- Nursing Home Whistleblower Files Suit Over Firing
- Whistleblower Case Settled for $40 Million
- Whistleblower Settles With Ex-Governor For $500,000
- Mattel Fined $2.3 Million For Lead in Children's Toys
- Too Much Money Makes Court Appear Unfair, Supreme Court Rules
- Antidepressants May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
- Class Action To Recover Co-Pays To Insurance Company
- Bill Requiring Paid Sick Days Introduced
- Truck Accident Closes I-75 Temporarily
- Pneumonia Risk Greater With Acid-Reflux Drugs, Study Indicates
- FDA Warns of Fraudulent Swine Flu Cures
- Lexington Bike Event A Success
- Chinese Drywall Subject of Senate Hearings
- Removal of Carcinogens From Baby Shampoo Urged
- Bicycling In & Around Lexington
- Overtime Suits For On-Call Time On the Rise
- Supreme Court Furthers Harm of Pregnancy Discrimination
- Eight Motor Vehicle Deaths In Kentucky Last Week
- Robert L. Abell Joins AAJ's Bicycle Injury Group
- Robert Abell Publishes Article On Proving Discrimination In KJA's The Advocate
- Age Discrimination Class Action Suit Filed Against 3M
- Hydroxycut Recalled After FDA Cites Liver Dangers
- $4.5 Million Retaliation Verdict Upheld
- Kentucky Vehicle Accidents Claimed 19 Lives Last Week
- Workers Compensation Lawyer Robert Abell Quoted By Inside Counsel Magazine On Remedies for Injured Workers Fraudulently Denied Benefits
- Supreme Court Justice Souter Retires, President Obama Announces
- Robert L. Abell Blogs for Lexington Herald-Leader
Case Results
- Employment Law
- Hostile Work Environment -- $65,000 Settlement
- Age Discrimination Verdict Against Columbia Gas - Verdict for $165,377
- Workers Compensation Retaliation - Verdict for $215,000
- Workers Compensation Retaliation - Verdict for $117,000
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation Settlement - $150,000
Awarded: $65,000
Awarded: $165,377
Awarded: $215,000
Awarded: $117,000
Awarded: $150,000
- Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- Hip Fracture - Kentucky Workers Compensation Award $14,012
- Back Injury - Workers Compensation Award = $92,339
Awarded: $14,012
Awarded: $92,339
- General
- $10 Million Verdict -- Sexual Assault & Battery
Awarded: $10,000,00
Document Library
- Accidents
- Kentucky Consumer Guide To Buying Car Insurance
- 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"
- A Guide To Getting Differential Diagnosis Evidence Admitted
- Bicycle Accidents - Bicyclist Does Not Assume Risk of Defective Roadway - Cotty v. Southampton
- The Importance of Uninsured Motorist (UM) Coverage Shown Again
- 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
- Sex & Gender Discrimination In Employment -- A SPECIAL REPORT
- 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
- Kentucky Whistleblower & Free Speech Response to Petition for Rehearing
- Psoriatic arthritis that substantially limits walking a disability covered by Americans With Disabilities Act.
- Psoriatic Arthritis = Disability; Carmona v Southwest Airlines
- Kentucky Whistleblower Act Applies to Cities, Appeals Court Rules
- 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
- Hostile Environment In Racial Harassment Case Results in $1 Million Judgment Against Whirlpool Corporation
- An Informal Complaint May Constitute Protected Activity For Purposes of Retaliation
- Sexual harassment and hostile work environment; when is it unlawful?
- Racial harassment and hostile work environment; what is it unlawful?
- Hostile Work Environment and Racial Harassment
- USERRA Verdict for National Guardsman Upheld -- Hance v Norfolk Southern
- National Guardsman Wins USERRA Case
- Disability Discrimination - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Found Disabling
- Disability Discrimination - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Covered By Americans With Disabilities Act
- Sexual Harassment - Hostile Work Environment Created By "Locker Room" Atmosphere
- Sex Discrimination - Breaking the Glass Ceiling
- Sex Discrimination - Proof of the Glass Ceiling - Conti v. American Axle
- Sex Discrimination - Stereotyping The Male Accused of Sexual Harassment
- Disability Discrimination - Epilepsy and the Americans With Disabilities Act
- Sex Discrimination - Male Accused of Sexual Harassment May Sue For Sex Discrimination - Sassaman v. Gamache
- Disability Discrimination - Epileptic Awarded $475,000 - Finan v. Good Earth Tools, Inc.
- "Sex Plus" Discrimination: Woman Passed Over for Promotion Because of Presumed Childcare Responsibilities
- Sexual Harassment - Hostile Work Environment Created By "Locker Room" Atmosphere - Gallagher v CH Robinson Worldwide
- Pregnancy Discrimination Harms Perpetuated By Supeme Court
- FMLA Violated By Retroactive Termination of Medical Insurance
- There You Go Again: Admissibility of Other Bad Act Evidence Under KRE 404(b)
- Race Discrimination - Discrimination Based On Advocacy For or Association With Co-Employee of Different Race Is Unlawful - Barrett v Whirlpool Corporation
- Sex Discrimination: Mother of Four Denied Promotion Subjected to "Sex Plus" Discrimination in Chadwick v. WellPoint
- Age Discrimination - Wells v Columbia Gas; Amended Complaint
- Age Discrimination - Wells v. Columbia Gas; Jury Verdict Awarding Damages
- Age Discrimination - Wells v. Columbia Gas - Brief to Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Age Discrimination - Wells v Columbia Gas - Kentucky Court of Appeals Opinion
- Age Discrimination - Wells v. Columbia Gas - Memo For Attorney's Fees
- Kentucky Workers Compensation Retaliation - Judgment Awarding Damages & Punitive Damages
- Workers Compensation Retaliation, Malicious Prosecution & Abuse of Process - Isham v. ABF Freight Systems - Complaint
- Workers Compensation Retaliation, Malicious Prosecution & Abuse of Process - Isham v. ABF Freight Systems - Kentucky Court of Appeals Opinion
- Age Discrimination - Wells v. Columbia Gas - "Columbia Gas Held Guilty of Age Bias" - Lexington Herald-Leader
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation Complaint - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
- Sex Discrimination, Retaliation & Aiding and Abetting Discrimination Amended Complaint - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
- Workers Compensation Retaliation - Works v. LexTran - "Dismissed LexTran Driver To Return To Work Monday"; Lexington Herald-Leader, October 14, 1995
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Attorney: Claim Not Weakened In Walsh Case"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 13, 2003
- Whistleblower - Barton v. LexTran - "Ex-LexTran Worker Sues Over Dismissal"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 17, 1999
- Whistleblower - Puckett v. Bank of Richmond - "Ex-Official Files U.S. Suit"; Richmond Register, September 14, 1994
- Puckett v. Bank of Richmond - "Former Banker Files Suit"; Richmond Register, September 8, 1994
- Landreth v. Bank of Richmond - "Lawsuit Widens, Includes Bank"; Richmond Register, February 21, 1995
- Race Discrimination - Richmond v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Lexington Settles Last of Suits Alleging Discrimination"; Lexington Herald-Leader, May 22, 2003
- Puckett v. Bank of Richmond - "Bank Papers Can Be Secret"; Richmond Register, March 7, 1995
- Puckett v. Bank of Richmond - "Bank Wants Records Secret"; Richmond Register, March 2, 1995
- Race Discrimination - Richmond v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Detective Alleges Race Bias by Walsh Suit Comes On Top of Two Sex-Bias Claims"; Lexington Herald-Leader, August 21, 2001
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Ex-Chief Accused of Forcing Sex On Officer"; Lexington Herald-Leader, February 28, 2003
- Puckett v. Bank of Richmond - "Former Banker Files Suit"; Richmond Register, September 8, 1994
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Former Officer Recants Charge Against Walsh"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 12, 2003
- Workers Compensation Retaliation, Abuse of Process, Malicious Prosecution - Brief to Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Workers Compensation Retaliation, Abuse of Process & Malicious Prosecution - Isham v. ABF Freight Systems
- Workers Compensation Retaliation, Malcious Prosecution & Abuse of Process - Isham v. ABF Freight System
- Workers Compensation Retaliation, Abuse of Process, Malicious Prosecution - Isham v. ABF Freight Systems
- Lexington Public Library v. Clark - Kentucky Supreme Court Opinion Ruling On Application of Attorney-Client Privilege
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Lawsuit Naming Walsh Settled"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 20, 2003
- Landreth v. Bank of Richmond - "Lawsuit Widens, Includes Bank"; Richmond Register, February 21, 1995
- Age Discrimination - Wells v. Columbia Gas; Memorandum
- Age Discrimination - Wells v. Columbia Gas; Memorandum
- Bastin v. University of Kentucky - "KSU's New Interim Police Chief Is Suing UK"; Lexington Herald-Leader, January 4, 2008
- Blankenship v. University of Kentucky - "UK Denies Suit's Claim of Sexual Discrimination"; Kentucky Kernel, November 20, 2007
- Whistleblower - Hegeman v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Police File Remains Confidential"; Lexington Herald-Leader, December 23, 2005
- Whistleblower - Hegeman v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Police Lieutenant Sues Lexington, Charges Retaliation Over Timecard Issue"; Lexington Herald-Leader, April 21, 2005
- Religious Discrimination - EEOC Compliance Manual
- Age Discrimination - Rush v. Somerset-Pulaski County Emergency Medical Service - "Rush Claims Age Discrimination"; Commonwealth Journal, December 20, 1991
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Sex Claim OK'd for Walsh Trial"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 15, 2003
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Sexual Assault Claims Included, Judge Rules In Suit of Ex-Police Chief Race Bias Claim Allowed"; Lexington Herald-Leader, March 1, 2003
- Landreth v. Richmond Bank - "Suit Against Bank Filed In Federal Court"; Richmond Register, April 5, 1995
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Suit Claims Sex Discrimination By Lexington Chief"; Courier-Journal, August 2, 2001
- Blankenship v. University of Kentucky; "Suit Says Female UK Police Officers Were Mistreated"; Lexington Herald-Leader, October 12, 2007
- Bruner v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Three Urban County Government Employees Sue To Keep Jobs"; Lexington Herald-Leader, December 28, 2006
- Bastin v. University of Kentucky - "UK Officer Sues Over Alleged Firing"; Lexington Herald-Leader, July 28, 2006
- Sex Discrimination & Retaliation - Massarone v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government - "Walsh Is Target of Sex Bias Suit"; Lexington Herald-Leader, August 2, 2001
- Overtime & Wages
- Yelp Overtime Settlement
- Correctcare Wage & Hour Litigation - Plaintiffs' Response to Correctcare's Motion for Protective Order
- Class Action Complaint Against CorrectCare for Unpaid Wages & Overtime
- Wages & Overtime Sought For Working During Unpaid Meal Break - Class Action Law Reply Memorandum
- Wages & Overtime Sought For Working During Unpaid Meal Break - Class Action Law Memorandum
- 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
- Are Mortgage Loan Officers Exempt from Overtime Pay Requirements?
- The Executive, Administrative and Professional Exemptions to the Overtime Requirement
- Misclassification of Employees and Overtime Requirements
- Loan underwriters Are Entitled to Overtime; The Administrative Exemption Does Not Apply
- Wage Class Action Under RICO Approved - Kentucky Employment Lawyer
- Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- Kentucky Workers Compensation Back Injury - Archer v Back Construction
- Kentucky Court of Appeals Upholds Workers Compensation Award for Back Injury - Archer v Back Construction
- 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
- 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
- Workers Compensation - Injured Workers Denied Benefits May Pursue RICO Claims - Brown v Cassens Transport
- Remedies For Injured Workers Denied Workers Compensation Benefits
- Injured Workers May Pursue a Civil RICO Claim Based On An Enterprise Denying Them Workers' Compensation Benefits (published in The Advocate by the Kentucky Justice Association)
- 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
- Termination of Disability Benefits Reversed -- Kramer v Paul Revere Life Insurance Company
- Doctor With Multiple Sclerosis Wins Disability Benefits From Hartford Life - Bloom v Hartford Life
- Termination of Disability Benefits By Paul Revere and Provident Reversed
- Disability Insurance - Hartford Life Has Paid $13 Million To University Disability Consortium Since 2002
- Disability Insurer Tainted Claims Process by Providing Negative, Unfounded Information About Claimant to Medical Records Reviewer - DeLisle v. Sun Life
- Disability Insurance - Lyman Powell v Hartford Life - Motion To Take Discovery on Relationship Between Hartford Life and University Disability Consortium
- Disability Insurance - Lyman Powell v Hartford Life - Reply Memo re University Disability Consortium
- Disability Insurance - Lyman Powell v Hartford Life - Federal District Court Opinion Ordering Discovery on Relationship Between Hartford Life and University Disability Consortium
- General
- Kentucky False Claims Act - HB 401
- 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
- Mike Martin v Joseph Schutzman - No Probable Cause to Arrest and Charge With Crime
- Lawsuit Filings From Kentucky Administrative Office of Courts: FY 2001 - 2008
- ERISA - Archer v. Radio-Electronic Company - Amended Complaint Seeking Monies in Profit-Sharing Plan Account
- Tortious Interference With Business Relationships - Prime Contracting, et al v. Wal-Mart - Federal District Court Opinion
- Tortious Interference With Business Relationships - Prime Contracting, et al v. Wal-Mart - Complaint
- Americans With Disabilities Act - "Disabled Lexington Man Sues Richmond"; Lexington Herald-Leader, September 30, 1992
- Americans With Disabilities Act - "City Ordered To Meet Needs of Disabled"; Richmond Register, August 6, 1993
- Americans With Disabilities Act - "City Sued For Handicap Access Plan"; Richmond Register, September 30, 1992
- Americans With Disabiliites Act - "Man Settles Suit Against Richmond"; Lexington Herald-Leader, July 29, 1993
- Asbestos Exposure - Perkins v. Serv-Air; Amended Complaint for Workers and Families Exposed to Asbestos
- Asbestos Exposure - Perkins v. Serv-Air; Memorandum
- Landreth v. Reddy - "Bank Officials Sued for Defamation"; Richmond Register, August 20, 1994
- Lexington Public Library v. Clark - Brief to Kentucky Supreme Court Regarding Application of Attorney-Client Privilege
- Herrington v. Baptist Healthcare System - Memorandum Regarding Crime-Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege
- Archer v. Radio-Electronic Company - Memorandum Opposing Motion To Dismiss ERISA Suit for Monies in Profit-Sharing Plan Account
- Wheeler v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council - "Suit Against City Valid, Judge Finds"; Lexington Herald-Leader, June 26, 1997
- Michael Martin v. Joseph Schutzman, et al - "Villa Hills Councilman Sues, Says He Was Arrested After Questioning Cop"; Cincinnati Enquirer, June 10, 2008
- "Voter Who Wants To Switch Parties For Primary Joins Challenge To Election Law"; Lexington Herald-Leader, February 21, 1995
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Frequently Asked Questions
- 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?
- Can you recover damages for loss of a spouse's companionship because of injuries caused by another's negligence?
- What is the time limit to see a doctor after a car wreck?
- How long do I have to see a doctor after an accident?
- What are "um" benefits?
- Who"should "no-fault" benefits be paid to?
- Are my "no fault" benefits paid to me or to my doctor?
- When does no-fault insurance coverage apply?
- When are no-fault benefits supposed to be paid?
- Are Kentucky no-fault benefits available to a driver from another state?
- Where does no-fault insurance come from?
- Are no-fault coverage benefits available to me if I am injured in a car that does not have insurance?
- What are the time limits for bringing a claim for no-fault insurance benefits?
- What types of economic losses are covered by no-fault benefits?
- What are replacement services losses covered by no-fault insurance benefits?
- What medical expenses are covered by no-fault benefits?
- What work loss is covered by no-fault benefits?
- Are no-fault benefits available where there is a death from the car wreck or accident?
- What no-fault benefits are available to cover replacement services loss where the car accident or wreck causes a death?
- Where someone is killed in a car accident or wreck, who are the survivors entitled to recover no-fault benefits?
- What are added reparation benefits?
- What types of losses are covered by added reparation benefits?
- Are deductibles allowed for no-fault benefits?
- Do I have the right to decide how to direct payment of the no-fault benefits?
- Can no-fault benefits be paid directly to my doctor?
- When does no-fault coverage apply?
- Am I entitled to no-fault benefits if I am injured in a car wreck or accident outside of Kentucky?
- Who is a "basic reparation insured" entitled to no-fault benefits?
- Is a motorcyclist covered by no-fault?
- How long after my last no-fault benefits payment is made do I have to file suit?
- Who covers my lost wages when I am hurt in an accident and can't work?
- Who pays my medical bills when I am hurt in an accident?
- What if the driver who caused the accident that injured me doesn't have any insurance?
- Do I need a lawyer to help me with my accident case?
- How much car insurance am I required to have?
- What are "no fault" benefits?
- What is underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage?
- What is uninsured motorist (UM) coverage?
- What are Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits?
- What are Basic Reparation Benefits (BRB)?
- Who pays BRB?
- Who pays PIP?
- 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?
- Can a car insurance company hold up a settlement offer?
- Can an insurance company hold up a settlement on one claim to try and force a lower settlement on another claim?
- Is an insurance company required to explain why it is denying a claim?
- Is an insurance company required to explain why it will not offer a reasonable settlement for a claim?
- Can an insurance company delay paying a claim and keep making a claimant provide proof of their loss over and over?
- Is an insurance company required to explain the basis or reason for its payment of a claim?
- Can an insurance company attempt to settle a claim based on an altered application when the insured did not know of the alteration?
- When is an insurance company liable for a bad faith insurance practice?
- Can an insurance company misrepresent insurance policy provisions applicable to a claim?
- Is an insurance company required to answer my questions and correspondence about an insurance claim?
- Is an insurance company required to promptly investigate a claim?
- Can an insurance company refuse to pay a claim without any investigation?
- How much time can an insurance company take to pay a claim when proof of the loss has been submitted?
- Is an insurance company required to be fair in payment or settlement of a claim?
- Is an insurance company required to act in good faith in settling a claim?
- Can my insurance company make me file a lawsuit just to collect a fair payment on my claim?
- Who are the Ten Worst Insurance Companies?
- 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?
- Are you protected by the ADA if you have cancer?
- Is a police officer's refusal to submit a false report activity protected by the First Amendment?
- What is an employer required to consider for a reasonable accomodation under the ADA?
- What kind of discrimination is prohibited by USERRA?
- How does USERRA protect against premature termination?
- What is the right to reemployment under USERRA?
- What are the protections under USERRA?
- Who is covered by USERRA?
- Are cancer patients covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
- Is cancer in remission covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
- Is cancer a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
- Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a disability?
- Can a medical leave of absence be a reasonable accomodation under the ADA?
- If I once filed a workers compensation claim, does that mean that I have a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
- If I have a "permanent partial disability" under Kentucky workers compensation law, does that mean that I have a "disability" covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act?
- If I have diabetes, do I have a "disability" under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
- Is epilepsy considered a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
- If I have a work injury, does that mean that I have a "disability" within the meaning of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
- Can a non-compete agreement be enforced against an independent contractor?
- Can I sue for racial harassment on the job?
- Does employment discrimination violate Kentucky law?
- If I'm diagnosed with cancer, do I have any protection from being fired?
- Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
- Does Kentucky law prohibit age discrimination in promotions?
- What is caregiver discrimination?
- I have been diagnosed with cancer. What protections to I have to keep from being fired under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
- What is a major life activity under the Americans With Disabilities Act?
- Can my employer fire me because I filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after I was denied a promotion and I was the best-qualified candidate?
- Can I be fired because I filed a discrimination charge with the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights?
- Can I be fired if I testify in court in a co-worker's discrimination lawsuit and my testimony supports the case against our employer?
- My employer conducted an internal investigation regarding a complaint of sexual harassment made by another employee and I was interviewed as part of the investigation. Am I protected from retaliation based on incidents of sexual harassment or inappropriate workplace behavior that I disclosed during the investigation?
- Overtime & Wages
- Does my employer have to pay overtime if I work through lunch in Kentucky?
- Does Kentucky law require a lunch break for employees?
- Are social workers exempt from overtime pay requirements?
- When is a tip-pooling arrangement illegal?
- Are police sergeants exempt from overtime pay requirements?
- Can I recover overtime compensation if my employer's records are inaccurate?
- Is all the time that aserver, waiter or waitressworks subject to the "tip credit" for getting their pay to minimum wage?
- Who is an employee subject to the "tip credit" for wage and hour purposes?
- Are lunch breaks paid in Kentucky?
- Is an employee entitled to take a lunch break in Kentucky?
- Can an employee waive or give up the right to be paid overtime?
- Is vacation pay considered earned wages in Kentucky?
- Can an employee in Kentucky be forced to work off the clock?
- In Kentucky is vested vacation pay considered earned wages?
- What is Kentucky law on mandatory overtime?
- If I'm paid a salary does that mean I'm exempt from overtime?
- Does a job title determine whether an employee is exempt from overtime pay requirements?
- What employees meet the "admininstrative" exemption to the overtime pay requirement?
- Are per diem payments considered for purposes of calculating an overtime pay rate?
- 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?
- Does Kentucky law require that an employee be given a rest break?
- Does it violate any Kentucky labor laws if I'm forced to work off the clock?
- Can my employer force me to work off the clock and not pay me?
- If I work overtime and am not paid overtime, what can I do?
- Does Kentucky law require a rest break for employees?
- Are assistant managers exempt from overtime?
- What does Kentucky law say about lunch breaks for employees?
- Do I have to be paid for my unused, vested vacation pay when I leave my job?
- Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- How many days of work do I have to miss because of a Kentucky work injury before I can start receiving workers compensation benefits?
- 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?
- Can a Kentucky workers compensation ALJ disbelieve or believe the testimony of any witness?
- Can a Kentucky workers compensation ALJ reject the testimony of any witness?
- Can I Receive Future Medical Treatment for my Kentucky Work Injury Even Though I Have No Permanent Impairment Rating?
- Can I be fired for being on Kentucky workers compensation?
- How long can I receive workers compensation in Kentucky?
- How do you get a jury trial in a Kentucky workers comp case?
- How do you get a jury trial for a workers comp claim in Kentucky?
- Can you sue if you get Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- How long do I have to report a workers compensation injury in Kentucky?
- What do I do if I'm hurt on the job in Kentucky?
- How long can you wait to file a workers compensation claim in Kentucky?
- Does an employee have any protection against retaliation for filing a claim for Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- What is the time limit to file a claim for Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- How long do I have to file my claim for Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- If I suffer a work injury in Kentucky, does Kentucky workers compensation compensate me for pain and suffering?
- What is the average weekly wage for Kentucky workers compensation for 2009?
- If I am receiving Social Security retirement benefits and I am hurt on the job, for how long can I receive Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- Can I choose my own doctor to treat my work injury under Kentucky workers compensation law?
- If I file for Kentucky 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 Kentucky workers compensation, can I still work?
- How are my Kentucky workers compensation benefits affected if I am injured and can still work but not in the same type job I was working when I was hurt?
- Can I recover any benefits or money damages for my pain and suffering on my Kentucky workers compensation claim?
- Can I be fired if I file a claim for Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- Can I recover money for my pain and suffering on my Kentucky workers compensation claim?
- Do I get a jury trial on my claim for Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- If my employer or its Kentucky workers compensation insurance company wants me to be examined by a doctor they choose, do I have to go?
- Who decides my claim for Kentucky workers compensation benefits?
- What is an impairment rating under Kentucky workers compensation law?
- What is a permanent partial disability under Kentucky workers compensation law?
- 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?
- If my claim is denied, will the insurance company's appeal process be fair and unbiased?
- If I have to file suit, will I win if the judge decides that the insurance company was wrong in rejecting my claim?
- What does ERISA refer to?
- If I have to file suit, will I be able to explain to the judge at trial why I am disabled and can no longer work?
- 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?
- What are the duties of a fiduciary of an employee pension plan?
- Who is a beneficiary?
- What are an employer's duties regarding an employee pension plan?
- What rights does a plan participant have to information about the employee pension plan?
- Other than the employer does anyone else have fiduciary obligations to an employee pension plan?
- What do I do if my employer has breached its fiduciary duty?
- Family Medical Leave Act - FMLA
- How do I know if my employer is covered by 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?
- Am I eligible for leave for benefits under the FMLA?
- How much leave am I entitled to under the FMLA?
- Can my employer require me to use my accrued sick or vacation leave to cover part or all of my FMLA leave?
- Is medical leave due to pregnancy covered by the FMLA?
- Can my employer change my health insurancebecause I'm on FMLA leave?
- How can an employee prove that he or she suffered from a "serious health condition" that entitled her to leave under the FMLA?
- What is a "serious health condition" that qualifies me for FMLA leave?
- 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 retaliate against me because I took FMLA leave?
- Is my employer allowed to discriminate against me because I took FMLA leave?
- Can my employer use my taking of FMLA leave against me in a promotion decision?
- Can my employer use my taking of FMLA leave against me in taking a disciplinary action against me?
- Can my employer count my days out on FMLA leave as absences under an attendance policy?
- 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?
- General
- Have you been hit with a huge overdraft fee on a small debit card purchase?
- What is the highest impairment rating in Kentucky workers compensation?
- When is a meal break really a meal break?
- Are store managers exempt from overtime in Kentucky?
- How do I prove that my company has a "glass ceiling" for women?
- Is chronic fatigue a disability covered by the ADA?
- What is included in an employee's "regular" pay rate for purposes of calculating their overtime pay rate?
- How long do I have to file a personal injury lawsuit in Kentucky?
- What is a personal injury case?
- How do I know if I have a personal injury case?
- How long do I have to file a personal injury lawsuit?
- What is a statute of limitations?
- Do I need an expert witness?
- What happens in a lawsuit between the time the suit is filed and the time of the trial?
- What are compensatory damages?
- What all can I recover in a personal injury lawsuit?
- What are punitive damages?
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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
- Does my employer have to pay overtime if I work through lunch in Kentucky?
- Does Kentucky law require a lunch break for employees?
- Are social workers exempt from overtime pay requirements?
Kentucky Workers' Compensation
- How many days of work do I have to miss because of a Kentucky work injury before I can start receiving workers compensation benefits?
- 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?
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
- How do I know if my employer is covered by FMLA?
- Is my employer covered by FMLA?
- Do I have to specifically mention the FMLA to be entitled to 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 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?