March is Brain Injury Awareness Month Each year an estimated 1.5 million Americans sustain a TBI and the 230,000 people who survive will face long-lasting, life-changing effects. In Kentucky, approximately 30,000 brain injuries occur each year and thousands experience the onset struggle of long-term disability following a brain injury. The needs of these victims and their families... read more
Worker Deaths Increase Due to Trench Work Hazards Although our work injury attorneys recently posted 2017 data that supported a decline in Kentucky’s worker injuries, the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE) has released a new hazard alert warning of the dangers of trench work in response to an uptick in trench box or trench collapse... read more
Alzheimer’s Patients Are Common Victims of Elder Abuse A striking 5.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s – the memory loss disease that accounts for 60 to 80 percent of dementia cases. Sadly, this growing population has fell victim to approximately 2 million cases of elder abuse incidences each year the Alzheimer’s Association reports. Most... read more
Four Common Mistakes That Impact Car Accident Injury Claims After you’ve been involved in a collision or been injured in an automobile accident, you may feel anxious and ready to put the incident behind you. You are probably doing all the things you are supposed to do and gathering the information necessary, so you can... read more
Workers’ Comp Program Supports Young Workers Almost every employee in Kentucky is covered by the commonwealth’s Workers’ Compensation Law, including minors. Kentucky’s Department of Workers’ Claims, which is attached to the Labor Cabinet, administers the workers’ compensation program. The department has reported in its Fiscal Year 2016- 2017 Annual Report, there were 391 injuries to... read more
Kentucky Highway Earns No. 10 Slot for Worst Traffic Congestion The annual Top 100 Truck Bottleneck List has been released from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), ranking one Kentucky highway in the top ten percent for having the worst bottleneck induced traffic congestion in 2017. The Institute used GPS data to conclude that the... read more
New Data Reveals Kentucky’s Workers May Be Getting Hurt Less Often For the first time in Kentucky’s labor history, the state has reached the lowest rate of nonfatal workplace incidents. The most recent data (2016) supporting this claim was released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Bureau’s report showed that Kentucky’s rate of... read more
Drugged Driving Is Now More Prevalent Than Drunk Driving The U.S. Department of Transportation’s and National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration’s research has shown that a growing majority of crashes, particularly those resulting in serious injury or fatality, involved someone driving under the influence. And, “driving under the influence” doesn’t just refer to the influence... read more
How Are Kentucky Nursing Homes Responding to Deadly Flu Season? With AARP ranking Kentucky at the bottom for providing long-term services for seniors, it’s an important time of the year to ensure your loved one’s nursing home is adequately providing the kind of support needed to safeguard workers and residents from one of Kentucky’s most... read more
Winter Slip and Fall Injuries Often Caused by Slippery Walkways Businesses, residential and commercial property owners see a fair share of slips, trips and falls triggered by unexpected snow and ice storms. The causes are usually because of slick entrances, stairs, sidewalks, and driveways. These areas become a real liability to those who do not... read more
