Paducah Personal Injury And Family Law Blog
Defensive driving makes the roads safer for everyone
Safe driving requires vigilance. Yet in a day and age filled with a myriad of distractions, it’s never been easier to take your eyes off the road. Careless and distracted driving creates risks for other motorists. Not to mention motorcyclists, bicyclists and...
Safety tips for operating winches on barges
While an extremely practical part of the shipping trade, a winch—the hauling or lifting device that enables loading and unloading goods—can be a dangerous thing to operate. You are not only dealing with extremely heavy and sometimes hazardous materials but also the...
Road rage can add insult to injury
Kentucky motorists usually like to get from place to place with no hassle. But drivers can't always predict what or who they will encounter behind the wheel. In some cases, even the smallest mishap could greatly upset another motorist. Unfortunately, some drivers may...
Visions of an car accident-free Christmas dancing in expert’s head
Christmas is just a couple of days away, so there are people rushing all over Paducah to get those last-minute gifts, crucial holiday meal ingredients and to complete ordinary tasks that come up whether or not the holidays are upon us. We would all love to avoid the...
Kentucky still rated deadliest state for teen drivers
Kentucky continues to be the most dangerous state for adolescent drivers. According to Value Penguin, teenage motorists in the Bluegrass State are 16% more likely to die in a car crash than those in other parts of the country. The study took data from the National...
Kentucky police can be liable for chase damage
The Kentucky Supreme Court has found that Kentuckians have a right to sue police for damages caused while officers chase suspects. The case involved a 2014 chase in which a suspect’s car killed two people. The sons of one of the victims filed a wrongful death lawsuit...
Kentucky says roads are for cars, cyclists and pedestrians
A Kentucky Department of Transportation fact sheet has a little fun with the serious topic of cyclist and pedestrian safety while giving drivers tips for keeping pedestrians safe. Note the tips use two definitions of “pedestrian” lurking in state statutes. In our...
Seaworthiness is still key issue for American mariners
The Jones Act has long been vitally important to seamen working on American vessels. For example, it protects their rights to health care and other critically needed assets when they are injured or become sick due to their job. Maritime law defines “seaworthiness” in...
4 common hazards for barge workers
Barge workers who make their living on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers here in Kentucky face hazardous conditions each day. The Occupational Safety and Health Organization (OSHA) documented more than 300 deaths over a 10-year period, while thousands more were injured....
7 pedestrian safety tips for Halloween
Halloween is fun for kids, but parents have every reason to be concerned about safety on the deadliest night of the year for pedestrians. Children are more than twice as likely to die in a motor vehicle accident on Halloween than on any other day of the year. What you...
