If your employer isn’t paying you what you’re owed — whether it’s unpaid overtime, missed hours, or wages that never showed up on your paycheck — you don’t have to just accept it. Both federal law and Kentucky law give employees the right to file a private lawsuit to recover unpaid wages, and the remedies…
Most people are familiar with the concept of a statute of limitations — a deadline for filing a lawsuit that starts when you discover (or should have discovered) the injury. But Kentucky also has statutes of repose, which impose a hard outer deadline measured from the date of the defendant’s act, regardless of when you…
You have a judgment against a debtor, but when you try to collect, the assets are gone. The debtor transferred the house to a spouse, moved money into a family member’s account, or “sold” a business for a fraction of its value. In Kentucky, these transactions may be voidable under the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act…
When your neighbor’s activities interfere with your use and enjoyment of your property — whether through physical encroachment, noise, pollution, or other disturbances — Kentucky law provides two primary causes of action: trespass and nuisance. While these claims overlap in some situations, they are distinct legal theories with different elements and different remedies. Understanding the…
Being injured in a car accident is bad enough. When the at-fault driver flees the scene, you face additional challenges: no driver to exchange information with, no immediate insurance information, and the possibility that the driver may never be identified. But a hit and run does not leave you without legal options in Kentucky. Between…
Emotional suffering is real, and in certain circumstances, Kentucky law allows you to recover damages for it — even without a physical injury. But emotional distress claims are among the most difficult civil claims to prove. Kentucky courts impose strict requirements to prevent a flood of speculative or trivial claims, while still allowing recovery for…
When someone dies due to another person’s negligence or wrongful act in Kentucky, the decedent’s estate can bring a wrongful death action. But unlike most civil claims, a wrongful death suit in Kentucky can only be filed by the personal representative of the estate — not by individual family members. Understanding who can sue, what…
If you owe a debt and a creditor obtains a judgment against you, one of the most aggressive collection tools available is bank account garnishment. A garnishment order directs your bank to freeze funds in your account and turn them over to the creditor. It can happen without warning, leaving you unable to pay rent,…
Everyone knows distracted driving is dangerous, but proving that the other driver was actually on their phone at the moment of a crash is harder than it sounds. Insurance companies routinely deny or undervalue distracted driving claims because the evidence is not always obvious. In Kentucky, building a strong distracted driving case requires understanding what…
If you are injured in an accident in Kentucky, the central question in any lawsuit or settlement negotiation is: what are your damages worth? Kentucky law recognizes several categories of damages in personal injury cases, and understanding what you can recover — and how each category is calculated — is essential to evaluating a settlement…