Creating Settlement Opportunity: Strategies to get your cases settled through lessons learned from 20 years of practice (and a fair share of failures and poor decisions)
INTRODUCTION Easy victories enhance morale, develop your reputation, give you momentum, and, most important, do not cost you much. — Robert Greene The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. — Sun Tzu It is unwise to engage in large-scale legal conflicts that are not necessary to achieve victory. When the […]
Health Care Worker retaliation cases.
Chalk one up for the good guys. In MacGlashan v. ABS Lincs KY, Inc. d/b/a Cumberland Hall Hospital, 2014-SC-000098-CL (to be published) the SCOKY (Supreme Court of Kentucky) made an important clarification in the law that establishes what an illegally fired health care worker can recover as damages in a civil action concerning violation of […]
Were You Injured on the Job?
Work injuries happen, in every profession, in every field. If you have suffered an injury while on the job, our laws usually provide a safety net, so you do not suffer financial loss as a result of your physical or psychological injuries. Workers’ Compensation Laws Kentucky and Ohio have statutory laws that provide “workers’ compensation […]
Why should I hire a Personal Injury Attorney?
Hiring an experienced attorney can be the difference between collecting compensation after an injury, or going empty handed. It is important to have someone on your side who knows the ins and outs of the legal system. A personal injury attorney can handle the details when you are injured and provide guidance throughout your recovery […]
Concerned About Coronavirus? You Don’t Need to Leave the House to Meet with Our Lawyers.
We all have a duty to keep ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and our communities safe right now. This means temporarily reshaping the way we live our lives to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At Roush & Stilz, P.S.C., we are taking this duty seriously and are practicing the “social distancing” guidelines recommended by health […]
What Happens When A Cop Fabricates Evidence?
Saunders-El v. Rohde While I doubt there are a lot of cases like this out there, I did find this one really interesting. It addresses the following question. What liability exists for police officers and prosecutors when they fabricate evidence against a criminal defendant? I’ve attached a link above to the case that addresses this […]
Sixth Circuit holds telling your supervisor to stop sexually harassing you is protected activity.
A three panel bench of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (the federal appellate court which covers Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Michigan) unanimously decided when an employee tells a supervisor to stop engaging in sexual harassment that employee is engaging in protected activity. Proving protected activity is the first step in establishing a retaliation claim […]
Crossing the “Thin Blue Line.” Does a cop have a First Amendment right to tell the truth?
I swear it happens on occasion. Police officers tell the truth. Sometimes. Sometimes they don’t testify inaccurately that your client was swerving in and out of his lane of traffic. Sometimes they admit your client’s license plate light actually was illuminated. Sometimes, they actually go to bat for your client and tell the truth, even […]
Don’t assume you have the right Defendant.
YOUR CONTENT GOES HERE. Coming to us right out of our own federal judicial circuit, the Sixth Circuit teaches some important practice tips in excessive force cases when the police conceal their identity. Directly at issue in Burley, et al v. Gagacki, et al, Nos. 14-2482/2542 (6th Cir., Aug. 22, 2016) was a question of […]
Police officer sues the police for unconstitutional “police sweep”…..and wins.
Police officer sues the police for unconstitutional “police sweep”…..and wins. Much of the chatter in some legal circles over the recent run of media coverage of police and citizen violence centers on the ability of police to commence encounters with citizens on an almost unfettered basis. From simply approaching a citizen to engage in casual […]