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
Highway Deaths on the Decline for Kentucky Drivers Not since 2013, has Kentucky seen a decrease in highway fatalities. Up until now that is. The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety says initial numbers show 770 highway-related deaths in 2017, dropping from 834 in 2016. This has prompted the auto accident attorneys at Rhoads & Rhoads... read more
Worker Dies After Slipping Into Coal Ash Pond at Kentucky Power Plant A 36-year-old Kentucky Utilities contractor, Aaron Bunger, was tragically killed at a workplace accident when KU officials say he “slipped into” a coal ash pond at the power plant in Ghent, Kentucky. Bunger was employed by Tetra Tech, a global services company based... read more
Scottsville City Worker Killed After Being Hit By Driver Kentucky State Police recently reported a two-vehicle collision in the city of Scottsville that caused the wrongful death of a waste collection worker. Preliminary investigation reports indicated that Kenny Manion, 58 of Scottsville was operating a 2011 GMC Yukon headed east on Locust Street when he... read more
Rise in Coal Miner Injuries and Fatalities Contribute to Department of Labor Compliance Initiative Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration launched a compliance assistance initiative to address the number of increased injuries and fatalities among less experienced coal miners. The prompt came after MSHA reviewed data from October 2015 through... read more
Federal Investigation Cites Inadequate Safety Guards Caused Kentucky Miner’s Death After months of investigating, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) released the report on Ray Hatfield Jr.’s January 26th mining-related death. Hatfield was killed when his clothing got caught up within a roller shaft while he was shoveling loose coal from under the... read more
Kentucky Law Supports Child’s Rights To Claim Damages In Wrongful Death of Parent In 1997, the Kentucky Supreme Court created a claim for children’s loss of consortium resulting from the wrongful death of a parent (GIULIANI v. GUILER, 951 S.W.2d.318 (Ky. 1997)). Cases like these involve a child recovering damages because of loss of love, affection, guidance, care, comfort and... read more
Reviewing the Legal Rights of the Husband or Wife of an Injured Spouse The Kentucky Safety and Prevention Alignment Network (KSPAN) has been reporting a decrease in several causes and types of injuries in recent years, including those related to motor vehicle traffic crashes, fire, homicide and traumatic brain injury (TBI). But as the number... read more
LACK OF SKILL, RIDING WHILE IMPAIRED RELATED TO RISE IN MOTORCYCLISTS DEATH RATE Kentucky’s Commission on Motorcycle Education and Safety has reported a rise in injuries and deaths related to the more than 2,000 motorcycle accidents that occurred across the state in 2015. Kentucky is not the only state seeing the rise though. According to... read more
Kentucky remains one of top five states with the highest rates of death linked to a drug overdose. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, here is how the top 5 rank: West Virginia (41.5 per 100,000 deaths) New Hampshire (34.3 per 100,000 deaths) Kentucky (29.9 per 100,000 deaths) Ohio (29.9 per 100,000... read more
