The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has designated April 2021 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. NHTSA is especially concerned about device distraction. These cases have increased significantly since the beginning of the smartphone era in 2007. To...
Top Five Kinds of Nursing Home Neglect Injuries
In the Bluegrass State, nursing home owners have a moral and legal responsibility to take care of their residents. Vulnerable older people need special protection from harm. Furthermore, according to Kentucky law, nursing home residents are invitees. They have...
I Was Attacked in a Parking Garage. Do I Have Any Legal Options?
We get this question a lot. These attacks normally cause serious physical and emotional injuries. Many assault victims spend weeks or months under a doctor’s care. The emotional effects, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, are often worse. The vast majority of...
Four-Car Crash Kills Three, Seriously Injures Two
Investigators believe that alcohol impairment was the primary factor in a multi-vehicle, multi-fatality wreck in McLean County. The wreck happened on a two-lane stretch of State Highway 81 which is at least fifty years old. According to police and witnesses, a...
Traffic Deaths Increased During 2020
Much of the country was on lockdown for much of 2020, so one would think that the number of vehicle collisions would have declined significantly. Instead, the figure hit a 13-year high. What’s up with that? Because of decreased traffic, oil prices plummeted and auto...
What is Premises Liability?
Premises liability is a form of negligence which includes injuries which occur away from home. Dog bites, which account for about a third of all homeowners’ insurance claims, falls, and swimming pool drownings are the most common kinds of premises liability claims....
FMCSA HOS Waiver Faces Court Challenge
A coalition of safety and driver groups are challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s right to amend existing Hours of Service rules in Kentucky and elsewhere. Some highlights of these changes include a modified short-haul definition and expanded...
Bayer Offers to Settle Future Roundup Claims
The pharmaceutical giant agreed to set up a $2 billion fund to compensate victims who claim that the glyphosate in the popular weed killer caused their cancer. But not everyone thinks this settlement is a good idea. Lawyers for Bayer, which recently purchased Roundup...
Guilty Pleas in Charges Stemming from Fatal Crash
A 31-year-old woman from southern Indiana pleaded guilty to several charges related to an alcohol-involved crash that killed three people. The underlying wreck happened on Interstate 265 in Floyd County. According to investigators, Taylor was drunk at more than three...
Controversial I-64 Wreck Kills Woman
The weather, a negligent semi-truck driver, her own failure to wear a seat belt, or a combination of some or all of these things killed a person on a Kentucky freeway. The wreck happened near I-64’s Olive Hill exit. According to the Kentucky State Police, a...
