Miscellaneous

• Boating Safety Tips for the Summer

  Karl Truman | June 01, 2009 5:46 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  Now that summer is here many families and friends will be taking out their boats and heading down to the waters. While boating is a great summertime activity, there are certain precautions one...

• Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009

  Karl Truman | May 11, 2009 4:39 PM | 5 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 was introduced in February of this year. The act proposes that pre-dispute arbitration agreements will not be enforceable if it requires the arbitration of...

• The Credit Card Legislation Act of 2009

  Karl Truman | May 22, 2009 1:57 PM | 3 CommentsLouisville, KY

  CNN Money Reports that Obama is set to sign new-credit card legislation today. The Credit Card Legislation Act of 2009 includes a consumer “Bill of Rights” geared towards protecting...

• Lawsuit Filed Over Swine Flu

  Karl Truman | May 19, 2009 1:28 PM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  Steven Trunnell filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, headquartered in Virginia. Smithfield Foods is the owner of the large pig farm located...

• 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...

• Vehicle Fire Investigation: Critical Part of Your Case

  Jennifer Moore | March 27, 2008 12:12 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Vehicle fire investigation is an expertise that requires specialized training. Among the challenges in a vehicle fire investigation is determining cause and origin from the remaining evidence in a devastating car, motorcycle or tractor trailer fire. Often, evidence has been destroyed and it is incumbent on the trained fire investigator to make determinations based on circumstantial evidence...

• Social Security Disability Experiencing Backlog

  Karl Truman | May 24, 2009 6:16 PM | 3 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The national average processing time for the month of March 2009 was 501 days, which is two days above January and February 2009. The cumulative average processing time for the first six months of...

• The Reality Behind Frivolous Litigation

  Robin Bara | April 17, 2009 10:58 AM | 1 CommentLouisville, KY

  Most people, at some point in life, will hear about a ridiculous lawsuit filed by some overzealous attorney practicing somewhere in the country. These lawsuits, once picked up by the media, spark...

• State Investigates Injury at Six Flags

  Jennifer Moore | July 01, 2007 8:28 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Over a week ago, a 13-year old, Louisville female suffered severe and life-altering injuries when a cable snapped while she was on a ride at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture's Office of Consumer and Environmental Protection is investigating why the cable snapped and severely injured this poor girl. Nothing can compensate this young girl...

• Jefferson County Jury Awards $3.25 Million in Vehicle Fire Case

  Jennifer Moore | March 26, 2008 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  The Courier-Journal reported that a Louisville jury awarded more than $3.25 million in damages to the family of a man who died from burns sustained in a vehicle fire. Attorneys at Grossman & Moore represented the family. For more information about the jury verdict and the facts of the vehicle fire, read the story in the Louisville paper. Bernard Mulligan was sitting in his 1995 Buick Riviera...