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...
Health Care Worker retaliation cases.
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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...
Are states required to pay for sex reassignment surgery for inmates?
Maybe? A very interesting case arose out of the Ninth Circuit. A transgender inmate in the California prison system petitioned the prison to provide her with sex reassignment surgery. The petition...
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...
What can be done to change child custody after my divorce or custody agreement is final?
It is important to understand that the Kentucky Supreme Court decided in the landmark case of Pennington v. Marcum that there is a difference between asking to modify child custody and asking to...
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...