Company stockholders cheered when the Environmental Protection Agency re-approved glyphosate, the controversial main ingredient in Roundup. Now, an advocacy group wants a court to reverse that decision. Lawyers at the Center for Food Safety filed a lawsuit in the...
What is Vicarious Liability and Why Does It Matter?
Many Kentucky drivers are either uninsured or underinsured. The Bluegrass State has one of the highest percentages of uninsured drivers in the country. Furthermore, Kentucky has one of the lowest auto insurance minimum requirements in the country. And, most people...
The Seven Most Common Physical Slip and Fall Injuries Among the Elderly
Falls are the leading cause of unintentional death and also the leading cause of serious injury among people over 70. These injuries cost almost $70 billion a year. Medicare and/or Medicaid absorbs most of these expenses. Some of the most common physical fall injuries...
High-Speed Police Chase Kills Bystander
A routine traffic stop ended tragically when a man, who was fleeing from officers, slammed into a retaining wall, killing a 54-year-old woman. The chase began on Highway 42 when a 31-year-old Florence man refused to pull over for speeding. Instead, the driver...
Runaway Semi-Truck Fatally Collides with Pickup in Ballard County
Legal responsibility is unclear after a pickup crossed the centerline and smashed into an oncoming semi-truck. According to investigators, a 58-year-old man was towing a trailer with a pickup truck when he inexplicably crossed from the northbound side of Highway 121...
Intoxicated Motorist Kills Two Teenagers
A 16-year-old girl and 19-year-old man are dead after a drunk driver crossed the centerline and smashed into their vehicle while they were en route to a birthday party. Police state that a 30-year-old man, who was legally intoxicated, hit the teens head-on as they...
What is Products Liability?
Generally, individuals are legally responsible for injury damages if they were negligent, which is essentially a lack of ordinary care. If a mechanic puts a tire on incorrectly, the driver of that vehicle could be injured. But manufacturers are strictly liable for the...
Drunk Driver Kills Albany Woman in Head-On Crash
A Monticello man told state troopers that Jesus would revive his dead infant if he got drunk and crashed head-on into another vehicle. Witnesses say the man was driving “recklessly” before he crossed from the westbound to the eastbound side and smashed into an...
The Five Kinds of Driving Impairment
Defective products, lightning strikes, and a few other such incidents only cause a few car wrecks in Fayette County. So, driver error causes about 95 percent of these incidents. Frequently, this error involves one of the five types of driving impairment, which are...
What is Medical Malpractice?
In this context, “malpractice” is another word for “negligence,” which is a lack of care. Doctors, lawyers, accountants, and most other professionals generally have a fiduciary duty. Physicians undergo years of training and patients usually have no medical knowledge...
