Kentucky residents can suffer a wide range of serious injuries, but coverage of these events may help others avoid or recover from an accident. Our news page explores the causes and outcomes of motor vehicle crashes and other severe injuries to help others prepare for what lies ahead.
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Age Discrimination Hearing To Be Held by EEOC - Kentucky Age Discrimination LawyerThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, July 15, 2009, to discuss age discrimination in the workplace and the recent spike in age discrimination complaints.
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Weakening of Age Discrimination Protections Criticized -- Kentucky Discrimination LawyerThe Supreme Court weakened age discrimination protections in a recent decision. Congress must again correct the Court's failure to protect employees.
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Whistleblower Fired For Speaking To Media -- Kentucky Whistleblower LawyerA National Funeral Home employee has been fired for reporting to the media alleged mishandling of bodies.
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Discrimination Suit Filed Against Campbell Soup -- Kentucky Employment LawyerA race discrimination suit has been filed against Campbell Soup. The African-American employee that filed the suit claims that he has not been promoted out of an entry level position since 1985 despite good performance reviews.
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Tainted Air Target of Lawsuit -- Kentucky Workers Compensation LawyerA lawsuit claims that air tainted by toxins is circulated in the passenger cabins of planes.
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Overtime Suit For Busdrivers Advances - Kentucky Overtime LawyerBusdrivers claiming they were not paid overtime for time spent on training, cleaning buses and voluntary field trips was advanced by a federal judge.
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Hospital's Inflated Patient Records Yield $2.75 Million Fraud SettlementA hospital's inflated patient records, which it used to get greater reimbursements from the government, have resulted in a $2.75 million settlement of a whistleblower case.
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Oatmeal RecallMaple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal sold under various brand names nationally is being recalled because of possible salmonella poisoning.
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E Coli Confirmed In Cookie DoughThe FDA has confirmed the presence of the E Coli bacteria in samples of Nestle's Toll House cookie dough.
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Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough RecallNestle Toll House cookie dough has been recalled due to possible e-coli contamination.
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Tainted Cookie Dough Suit Filed -- Kentucky Injury LawyerA lawsuit has been filed by a family whose child was sickened by the e-coli tainted Toll House cookie dough recalled last week by Nestle.
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More Support for Paycheck Fairness Act - Sex DiscriminationThe Paycheck Fairness Act promises to end wage discrimination and disparity based on gender. Women typically earn 78% as much as a comparably employed man.
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Paycheck Fairness Act - Kentucky Discrimination LawyerThe Paycheck Fairness Act will promote fairness by requiring employers to show that wage disparities are job and skill-related not sex-based. Victims of unfair and unlawful discrimination will be able to recover compensatory and punitive damages.
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Whistleblower Case To Be Decided By Supreme CourtWhen is an employee protected by the whistleblowing provisions of the False Claims Act? The Supreme Court agreed to decide this case on Monday in the case of Graham County Soil & Conservation District v. United States ex rel Wilson, No. 08-304.
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EEOC To Revise Disability Act Regulations - Lexington Disability LawyerThe EEOC will issue new regulations implementing the 2008 amendments to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Medical Insurers Vow To Continue Rescission PoliciesRescission occurs where a medical insurance company accepts premiums for individual or family coverage for a while and then, when someone becomes sick, rescinds or cancels the policy.
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City Employee Fired After Reporting Assault by Mayor's Wife Wins Judgment Against CityA Detroit employee fired one day after an affidavit he signed reporting an assault by the Mayor's wife was disclosed has won a whistleblower retaliation suit. .
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Asbestos Victims' Medical Bills To Be Paid By EPAAsbestos victim in two Montana towns will have their medical bills paid by the EPA. About 50 new cases of asbestos related diseases develop in the towns each year.
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Nursing Homes Deaths Because of Dehydration and Failure to Resuscitate Lead To FinesNursing home residents that died as a result of dehydration and a failure to resuscitate have led to fines totaling $180,000 for the nursing homes involved.
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Government Joins Whistleblower Suit Against DrugmakerThe federal government joined more than a dozens states Monday in a whistleblower lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest drug makers of bilking hundreds of millions of dollars out of Medicaid programs.