In many ways nursing home abuse and nursing home neglect are the same. After all, injury is injury. Legally, however, there is a big difference that could matter significantly to your family. Neglect is an unintentional tort. Abuse is an intentional tort. As a result,...
Wrong-Way Motorist Kills Six People Near Downtown Lexington
A driver who was on the wrong side of Interstate 75 plowed into a carful of people, killing everyone inside it. Police received several calls about a wrong-way driver on Interstate 75. That driver turned out to be a 38-year-old Madison County woman. Before responders...
Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian
For unknown reasons, a driver ran off the road and smacked into a 58-year-old man. The vehicle then barreled into a nearby home. According to police, a driver was southbound on Russell Cave Road when he ran off the street and hit a 58-year-old man, killing him almost...
The Fatal Four Construction Accidents: A Closer Look
Despite a number of obstacles, liek high material costs and labor shortages, housing construction has almost doubled in some areas. Office building and other commercial construction projects are not far behind. The construction boom has many positive effects for many...
Five Common Types of Brain Injuries
These wounds fall into one of two general categories. Traumatic Brain Injuries are usually caused by, wait for it, trauma. That trauma could be a blow to the head. Just as commonly, however, the trauma could be witnessing a traumatic event or something like a car...
If A Rented Vehicle Hit Me, Who Pays Compensation?
Negligent motorists are legally and morally responsible for the wrecks they cause. But a third party is often financially responsible. For example, if owners allow incompetent dribvers to use their vehicles and these drivers cause wrecks, the negligent entrustment...
Suspected Drunk Driver Causes Fatal Wreck in Clay County
Investigators diverted traffic for more than six hours as they reconstructed a chain-reaction crash that killed one person and hospitalized four others. Kentucky State Police arrested a 27-year-old Richmond woman after she apparently crossed from the eastbound side of...
Scott County Car Wreck Kills Two Teenage Boys
The two young men who died in a Memorial Day Weekend 2021 vehicle collision were both standout athletes at Lexington Catholic High School. Investigators from the Scott County Sheriff’s Office believe that the vehicle in which the teens were riding sideswiped another...
Three Common Railroad Worker Occupational Diseases
An occupational disease is a job-related illness which arises over the course of more than one work shift. Due to the hazardous and repetitive nature of their jobs, railroad workers are especially susceptible to these injuries. So, if you worked the rails and you have...
Graduation Eve Crash Kills Bell County High School Senior
The school forged ahead with the ceremony despite the noticeable absence of two graduating seniors. One of them was dead and the other clung to life at an area hospital. This crash happened on 19th Street in Middlesboro. The 18-year-old driver crossed the centerline...
