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• Substantial Damages Awarded to Hunter's Widow

  Karl Truman | February 18, 2009 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  An Indiana jury has ordered three companies to pay $157 million to the family of a man who died after the tree stand he was using to hunt deer malfunctioned. Jurors reached the verdict after the...

• Bowling Green Police Officer Involved in Car Accident

  Jennifer Moore | December 17, 2007 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Yesterday, a Bowling Green Police Officer collided with a vehicle being driven by an 18-year old at the intersection of Adams Street and 11th Avenue in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police will investigate the wreck. Whenever the City of Bowling Green's Police Department is involved in an automobile accident, the Kentucky State Policy handles the investigation in an attempt to...

• Indiana Restricts Cell Phones for Teen Drivers and Creates Graduated Drivers License

  Karl Truman | September 22, 2009 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Indiana's new teen driver law went into effect July 1. The law provides for a new Graduated Drivers License (GDL). Drivers under the age of 18 will be considered probationary drivers. Since young...

• Michigan Proposes Harsher Penalties for Insurance Companies Acting in Bad Faith

  Karl Truman | July 15, 2009 2:03 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  In Michigan, a new bill on the table proposes that insurance companies that delay its responses to claims or deny legitimate claims may be fined up to $1 million dollars and impose a five year...

• FDA Announces Re-Labeling of 20 Anti-Seizure Medications

  Karl Truman | May 07, 2009 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The FDA announced that 20 anti-seizure drugs are to have its warning lables revised due to the potential risk of an increase in suicidal tendencies. Anti-seizure drugs are commonly used to treat...

• Good Samaritan Hurt While Helping Another Motorist

  Karl Truman | October 16, 2009 2:00 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Steven Fry of Louisville Kentucky was on his way home when he saw an automobile accident involving another car that had flipped over on the Watterson Expressway near Southern Parkway. Fry and his...

• $15 million settlement in plane crash death

  Karl Truman | September 04, 2009 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The family of a Chicago restaurant executive has settled their lawsuit over a 2006 plane crash that caused his death. In the lawsuit, the family of Michael Waugh accused financial giant Morgan...

• Challenging Non-Party Defenses in Automobile Accident Negligence Claims

  Karl Truman | March 09, 2009 7:29 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  When handling negligence claims, plaintiff lawyers are often faced with non-party defenses. This means that the defendant/insurance company claim that someone else who is not a party to the case,...

• Dennis Quaid Files Lawsuit Over Twins Overdose

  Jennifer Moore | December 07, 2007 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The actor, Dennis Quaid, and his wife, Kimberly Buffington, sued the makers of Heparin for allegedly giving their twin babies an overdose of the drug. The twins were only two weeks old when they were given 10,000 units of Heparin at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. They were supposed to receive 10 units of the blood thinner given in an IV to avoid blood clots. Heparin is an injectable...

• Man Killed in Trucking Accident on I-65

  Shannon Weidemann | April 18, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A semi-truck stopped on I-65 due to an accident was hit from behind by a pickup truck. The pickup truck was then struck by a car. The 45-year-old driver of the pickup truck was killed. The victim died of multiple blunt force injuries from the accident, said Rita Taylor, a deputy Jefferson County coroner. The accident happened about 6 a.m. when a semi truck, a pickup truck and a car all headed...