Category Archives: Personal Injury

March Madness. Seems like relatively harmless alliteration, a catchy phrase to mark the end of the NCAA men’s basketball season. The term can be traced back to 1939, when it was first used by an official with the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). In fact, it referred only to Illinois high-school basketball until 1982 when it was used by Brent Musburger during NCAA tournament coverage. Several years and multiple ro...

When you head to Lexington to cheer on the Cats, you’re thinking about players and victories, not slips and falls. If your mind happens to wander to accidents, it likely involves the athletes getting hurt rather than the fans. Few people consider their safety in and around Rupp Arena or Commonwealth Stadium, but sporting events of any kind can leave spectators with serious injuries. Sometimes, the harm is caused by the...

Let’s be honest – you never read the fine print in a contract, do you? You know you should, but most people don’t. Besides, do you really expect to find something so blatantly offensive, so patently unfair that it would be a deal breaker? That you would refuse to sign and miss out on the product or opportunity that just moments before you were convinced you wanted? Turns out, businesses are capitalizing on these con...

As we age, physical changes and health conditions increase both the probability of falling and the seriousness of resulting injuries. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in three adults aged 65 and older experience a fall each year, and falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among this age group. In 2013 alone, 25,500 seniors died from unintentional fall injuries...

When you think about what makes Kentucky different from other states, you probably think about the landscape, the history, the weather, the basketball, maybe even the food. But what about the health of its citizens? How does the Bluegrass State compare in terms of injury-related deaths? According to one recent study, the news isn’t good. A non-profit, non-partisan organization named Trust for America's Health (TFAH) ...