Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Jury Rejects Talc Powder Asbestos Claims Against J&J, Colgate
Aug 6 2019 // Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive Co. persuaded a Kentucky jury to reject claims that asbestos in the companies’ talc-based products was responsible for a woman’s death. Jurors in a Louisville state...
Kentucky Tobacco Farmer Pleads Guilty in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Aug 5 2019 // A tobacco farmer in Kentucky has pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit false claims on crop insurance policies. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports Keith A. Foley submitted the plea July 22 and admitted to fraud totaling...
ISMIE Mutual to Offer Medical PL Coverage to Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association
Aug 5 2019 // ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. has formed an affinity program partnership with the Kentucky Osteopathic Medical Association (KOMA). Through the program, KOMA members will receive access to ISMIE’s risk management...
Gas Line Explosion in Kentucky Neighborhood Kills 1, Ignites Homes
Aug 1 2019 // A gas line explosion shortly after midnight on Thursday in a residential community in rural Kentucky sent up a ball of flame that could be seen for miles, killing one person and setting several houses on fire, a local...
Kentucky Teen’s $250M Defamation Suit Against Washington Post Dismissed
Jul 31 2019 // A federal judge has thrown out a Kentucky teen’s lawsuit accusing the Washington Post of falsely labeling him a racist following an encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial. Nicholas Sandmann, a...
Kentucky Drug Overdose Deaths Decrease for First Time in 5 Years
Jul 23 2019 // After years of rising death tolls from a surge in drug addiction, Kentucky officials on Thursday reported the first statewide drop in drug overdose deaths since 2013. A new report indicated that 1,333 people died from drug...
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Police Can Be Sued Over Deadly Car Chases
Jul 22 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that police can be sued for damages when their car chases lead to the death or injury of third parties. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the court’s 6-1 ruling last month...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Commercial Auto into Delaware, Kentucky, D.C.
Jul 19 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies have expanded its commercial automobile product into Delaware, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia. The company’s policy is designed for local and intermediate travel...
Jim Beam Thanks Firefighters, Says It Regrets Environmental Impact of Kentucky Warehouse Fire
Jul 18 2019 // Jim Beam has written an open letter to some newspapers to thank firefighters for battling a fire that recently burned down a storage warehouse in Kentucky. The producer of the world’s best-selling bourbon writes that...
Kentucky to Fine Jim Beam Over Warehouse Fire, Bourbon Spill
Jul 15 2019 // Authorities say Jim Beam will be fined for the warehouse fire that contaminated nearby waters with bourbon and killed fish. Kentucky’s Energy and Environment Cabinet spokesman John Mura tells WKYT-TV that there will...
Bourbon Spilled from Kentucky Jim Beam Warehouse Heading to Ohio River
Jul 10 2019 // Bourbon that leaked from a fire that destroyed a Jim Beam barrel warehouse in Kentucky is making its way to the Ohio River. State environmental officials say they’re assessing wildlife impacts and doing fish kill...
45K Barrels of Jim Beam Whiskey Destroyed in Kentucky Warehouse Fire
Jul 8 2019 // A Jim Beam storage warehouse that burned down, destroying 45,000 barrels of aging whiskey, was equipped with sprinklers and was insured, the company says. Meanwhile, the famed distiller is still assessing the loss of the...
Kentucky Businesses Awarded $700K to Fight Opioid Addiction in the Workplace
Jul 2 2019 // The Kentucky Chamber Workforce Center has been awarded about $700,000 in grant money to identify how businesses can prevent opioid addiction in the workplace and help employees recover. The Lexington Herald Leader reports...
Kentucky Supreme Court: Trampoline Park Not Immune from Liability in Injury Case
Jul 1 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a damage waiver signed by a parent at a trampoline park does not protect the park from liability in the case of an injured child. The Courier Journal reports that the court said...
Kentucky Looks to Encourage Insurtech Investments Through Regulatory ‘Sandbox’
Jun 26 2019 // The Kentucky Legislature has passed the first state law in the U.S. providing comprehensive framework for an insurance regulatory “sandbox” for insurance technology products. The new regulatory sandbox, which...
Kentucky Supreme Court: Trampoline Park Not Immune from Liability in Injury Case
Jun 24 2019 // The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a damage waiver signed by a parent at a trampoline park does not protect the park from liability in the case of an injured child. The Courier Journal reports that the court said...
Kentucky Distillery Trying to Save Thousands of Barrels at Storm-Damaged Warehouse
Jun 24 2019 // Kentucky distillery says efforts are underway to recover thousands of barrels of bourbon at a massive storage warehouse that partially collapsed during a thunderstorm. O.Z. Tyler Distillery in Owensboro said a section of...
Kentucky Bourbon Warehouse Damaged in Partial Collapse
Jun 19 2019 // Part of a bourbon warehouse in western Kentucky collapsed during a thunderstorm. News outlets report the partial collapse of the O.Z. Tyler Distillery rickhouse was reported early Monday. Master Distiller Jacob Call says...
Former Tenn. Insurance Head McPeak Joins Greenberg Traurig Law Firm in Nashville
Jun 18 2019 // Former Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak, who stepped down as the head of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner last month, will join the global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A.,...
Lawsuit: Insurer Says No-ah to Kentucky Ark Attraction’s Rain Damage Claim
May 28 2019 // In the Bible, the ark survived an epic flood. Yet the owners of Kentucky’s Noah’s ark attraction are demanding their insurance company bail them out after heavy rains caused nearly $1 million in property...
