Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ky. Gov. Fletcher willing to compromise on medical tort reform
Oct 8 2007 // In a blunt assessment, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher told fellow doctors recently that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Kentucky earns highway safety award
Oct 8 2007 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special...
It Figures
Oct 8 2007 // 103 The number of Mississippi cases relating to Hurricane Katrina claims included in a settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. last month. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney Chip Merlin....
Fired-up over safer cigarettes
Oct 8 2007 // Now 21 states require cigarettes to be self-extinguishing Cigarettes sold in 21 states will be self-extinguishing after a strikingly high 15 states passed new laws this year to combat smoking-related blazes, the No. 1...
Fired-up over safer cigarettes
Oct 8 2007 // Cigarettes sold in 21 states will be self-extinguishing after a strikingly high 15 states passed new laws this year to combat smoking-related blazes, the No. 1 cause of home-fire deaths. “Fire-safe” cigarettes,...
Kentucky earns highway safety award
Oct 8 2007 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special...
Figures
Oct 8 2007 // 103 The number of Mississippi cases relating to Hurricane Katrina claims included in a settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. last month. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney Chip Merlin....
Trial Opens in Kentucky Case Against Allstate
Oct 4 2007 // An attorney representing a Kentucky woman suing Allstate Insurance Co. in a $1.4 billion trial accused the insurance giant of using delay tactics and schemes to prod injury victims into accepting lower offers for pain and...
Feds Declare Ky. a Natural Disaster Area Because of Drought
Oct 4 2007 // Kentucky farmers struggling to cope with a prolonged drought can seek emergency loans to help offset crop losses after state officials received word Tuesday of a federal disaster declaration due to the dry...
Allstate Insurance Co. Civil Trial Begins in Kentucky
Oct 2 2007 // A civil trial regarding Allstate Insurance Co.’s procedures for handling claims began in Fayette County Circuit Court this week. Geneva Hager, of Richmond, Ky., filed a $1.425 billion civil lawsuit claiming the...
Kentucky Gov. Receives National Highway Safety Award
Sep 28 2007 // Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement...
Ky. Gov. Breaks Ground on New Highway, Enhances Safety
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Ernie Fletcher joined state and local officials in Williamsburg, Ky., to break ground on the I-75/KY 92 interchange project – a long-awaited improvement that will mean greater safety and less traffic congestion...
Ky. Gov. Proposes Compromise for Medical Malpractice Cases
Sep 25 2007 // In a blunt assessment to fellow doctors, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Monday that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Kentucky’s Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop
Sep 19 2007 // A filing most Kentucky insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows another decrease in loss costs for 2007, according to Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The state Office of Insurance...
Gov. Fletcher Requests Federal Help for Ky. Farmers
Aug 31 2007 // Crop loss across Kentucky prompted by the third driest May through August in the past 113 years forced Gov. Ernie Fletcher to request U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance for farmers across the...
Feds Release Final Report on Ky. Plane Crash that Killed 49
Aug 30 2007 // Federal investigators released their final report Tuesday on last summer’s deadly crash of a Comair flight in Kentucky, finding that the pilots were primarily responsible but making safety recommendations that extend...
Ratings Recap: Sompo (U.S.); Clarendon, Kentucky National
Aug 30 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to New York-based Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America (SJA)....
Ky. Comair Crash Survivor Sues Designer of Runway Lights
Aug 29 2007 // The sole survivor from the airliner that crashed after taking off from the wrong runway at Lexington, Ky.’s Blue Grass Airport, killing 49 people, is suing the company that designed the runway and taxiway...
Former Ky. Insurance Executive Director Leaves Medicaid Post
Aug 23 2007 // The head of Kentucky’s Medicaid program is stepping down at the end of the month after a little more than a year on the job. Kentucky Medicaid Commissioner Glenn Jennings, 56, will be replaced by Shawn Crouch after...
Runaway Truck Crashes into Kentucky Air National Guard Building
Aug 21 2007 // A runaway cement truck slammed into a Kentucky Air National Guard building that was unoccupied at the time, authorities said. The truck came to a stop inside the building in South Louisville about 5:30 a.m. on Aug 16,...
