Louisville, Kentucky Driver Involved in Hit and Run Pedestrian Deaths of Two Girls is Charged with Murder- July 29, 2008 In Kentucky, Keneille Finch, the Louisville driver apprehended in connection with last weeks hit-and-run deaths of 4-year-old Riley Jane Lawrence and 5-year-old Claudia Faye Wadlington has been charged with their murders, in addition to fleeing and evading police and aggravated assault. The pedestrian accident occurred in Louisville when the two girls were crossing a street and Finch allegedly ran a red light. Angie Wadlington, the mother of Claudia, was with the girls when the accident...http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/2008/07/driver_involved_in_hit_and_run.html Congressional Members Tell Federal Regulators They Should Do More To Keep Medically Unfit Commercial Truck And Bus Drivers Off Roads- July 25, 2008 Congressional leaders in Washington DC berated federal regulators today for not implementing recommendations that the National Transportation Safety Board made in 2001 to keep medically unfit truckers off the roads. According to a recent safety study, reported on by the Associated Press, there are hundreds of thousands of commercial truck and bus drivers working even though they qualify for full federal disability payments. Commercial drivers that have seizures, blackouts, heart attacks, and..http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/2008/07/congressional_members_tell_fed.html Kentuckys Former 2 Nursing Home Regulator May Have Lived Rent Free in Home that Belonged to Nursing Home Operator- July 21, 2008 In Kentucky, Moses Young, the Ex-Assistant Director of Nursing Home Regulation at the State Inspector Generals Office, was reportedly fired following allegations that he had an improper relationship with the owner of the Garrard Convalescent Home in Northern Kentucky. Among the allegations, Young is accused of livingpossibly rent-freein a house owned by Ralph Stacey, Jr., the operatorowner of the nursing home. The State Attorney General and the FBI are currently conducting a criminal...http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/2008/07/kentuckys_exchief_nursing_home.html Kentucky Board Suspends Lexington Gynecologists Medical License Following Allegations of Medical Malpractice- July 16, 2008 The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure has suspended the medical license of Dr. Hamid Sheikh, a Lexington gynecologist, amid allegations that he engaged in improper medical practices. One investigator for the Attorney Generals office said that when she went to Sheikh's Lexington office, she discovered unsanitary conditions, expired medications, and inoperable or missing equipment. Last year, in Franklin Circuit Court, Sheikh was indicted on four counts of defrauding Medicaid, including...http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/2008/07/kentucky_board_suspends_lexing_1.html CNN Investigation Reports on Allstate and State Farm Efforts to Pay Minimal Amounts to Victims Injured in Minor Auto Accidents- July 10, 2008 Following an 18-month investigation into the way the nations largest auto insurance companies handle claims involving minor motor vehicle accidents, CNN last year reported that there is a good possibility that the two largest insurersState Farm and Allstatewill challenge any minor medical claim and offer to pay only a small fraction of all accident costs. The news network says that the confidential documents it examined revealed that these actions are motivated by profitspapers that the...http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/2008/07/cnn_investigation_reports_on_a.html Louisville Mother Sues Crocs Inc. for $4 Million After 3-Year-Olds Foot Gets Caught in Airport Escalator- July 7, 2008 In Kentucky, Alison Cox Pregliaso, a Louisville mother, is suing Crocs Inc, for her 3-year-old daughters personal injuries. Pregliasos daughter sustained permanent injuries last month when her foot got caught in an escalator at Hartsfield-International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Her daughter was wearing Crocs footwear. Not only did the shoe get shredded, but Pregliaso says that her daughters big toe broke and its skin was ripped off. Pregliaso is suing the company for $4 million in punitive..http://www.kentuckyinjurylawblog.com/2008/07/louisville_mother_sues_crocs_i.html |