Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
University of Kentucky, Professor Settle Religious Bias Job Claim
Jan 20 2011 // An astronomy professor who sued the University of Kentucky after claiming he lost out on a top job because of his Christian beliefs reached a settlement Tuesday with the school. The university agreed to pay $125,000 to...
Fen-Phen Lawyer Indicted for Insurance Fraud in Kentucky
Jan 12 2011 // An attorney who was disbarred after representing clients in a multimillion-dollar diet drug settlement has been indicted on a fraudulent insurance acts charge. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that a Fayette County...
Mine Safety Agency Wins Order Over Unsafe Massey Mine in Kentucky
Jan 6 2011 // Federal mine safety officials have won a settlement with Massey Energy that requires the firm to immediately take safety measures at one of its mines in Kentucky that federal officials say is very dangerous. The U.S....
Walker Named VP of Litigation Management at Kentucky’s IPISC
Jan 5 2011 // Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp. (IPISC), based in Louisville, Kentucky, has appointed Sandra Walker as vice president of Litigation Management. Walker’s chief responsibility is to assist Insureds with...
Defense in Kentucky Insurance Regulator Death Cites Mental Defect
Jan 5 2011 // Defense lawyers for former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn may argue that he had a mental or emotional defect when his former fiancee was shot to death. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Nunn attorneys have filed...
Neace Lukens Acquires Equine Insurance Agency in Kentucky
Jan 4 2011 // Lousiville, Kentucky-based Neace Lukens has acquired the Plamp-Keen Agency Inc., an insurance agency also in Louisville that specializes in horse-related coverages. The merger adds 10 employees from Plamp-Keen, including...
Kentucky Traffic Deaths Lowest in Years
Dec 29 2010 // Traffic deaths in Kentucky are on pace to be the lowest this year since at least the early 1990s. As of last Wednesday, there were 739 traffic fatalities in Kentucky, according to the state highway safety office’s...
Scientist Alleges Religious Bias Cost Him Job at U of Kentucky
Dec 21 2010 // An astronomer argues that his Christian faith and his peers’ belief that he is an evolution skeptic kept him from getting a prestigious job as the director of a new student observatory at the University of...
Kentucky Builders, Insurer Partner in Workers’ Compensation Program
Dec 20 2010 // A builders’ association is teaming with Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurer to offer a new workers’ compensation program to its members in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Kentucky...
Kentucky to Start Fining Motorists Caught Texting
Dec 17 2010 // If you text while you drive in Kentucky, prepare to start paying fines if you’re caught. That’s the message from state officials, who also are reminding drivers younger than 18 that they will be fined if...
Massey Shuts Kentucky Mine; Cites Danger in West Virginia
Dec 3 2010 // Massey Energy Co. has shut down a Kentucky coal mine that federal regulators had cited for safety violations and said another of its mines in West Virginia was in danger of collapse following heavy rains. The mining...
Kentucky Jury Awards $42 Million in Nursing Home Death
Nov 22 2010 // The family of a man who died after nine days in a Madisonville nursing home has won a $42.75 million verdict. Attorney Lisa Circeo argued in court that 92-year-old Joseph Clint Offutt died because Harborside of...
It Figures
Nov 14 2010 // $7 Million The amount North Carolina employers’ stand to save on workers’ compensation over what the industry requested under a settlement reached with the state. The settlement orders a 0.6 percent increase...
U.S. Seeks to Shut Massey Mine in Kentucky Over Safety
Nov 4 2010 // Mine safety regulators have filed a motion against a company owned by Massey Energy , claiming safety violations at one of its mines in Kentucky, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday. It said its Mine Safety and...
Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurer to Return $11 Million Dividend
Nov 4 2010 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance, said it will return $11.3 million in dividends to its qualifying membership in March of 2011. The...
Court Reduces Award in University of Kentucky Football Player’s Death
Nov 3 2010 // The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reduced the monetary award in a lawsuit over the death of a University of Kentucky football player. The court halved the $60 million in punitive damages to $30 million, ruling the award in...
Kentucky Farm Bureau Grows to 500K Members
Nov 2 2010 // Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in October surpassed the half-million membership mark for the first time in the organization’s 91-year history. Attracting 500,316 member families in fiscal year 2010, KFB increased its...
Kentucky Homeowners Challenge Fire Service Subdistrict Tax
Oct 19 2010 // A dozen homeowners in central Kentucky have sued to challenge the legality of a fire protection subdistrict. The homeowners in northwestern Jessamine County contend the property tax that funds the North Jessamine...
People
Oct 18 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh has added five industry veterans – four from competing broker Aon – to its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice. James O’Brien, Jason Hawkins and Craig Warnke join...
Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Comp
Oct 18 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government. Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...
