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Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers has been selected as one of the Best Litigation Attorneys in Lexington for 2022 by Expertise.com! Expertise.com finds and reviews the top service professionals in over 200 industries across the U.S. According to their website, they research more than 60,000 businesses to help customers find the best-qualified professional for their needs.…

Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers has obtained a $475,000 settlement in a bad faith case against an insurer. Call our firm today for a free consultation if you believe that you have a bad faith insurance claim!

Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers has obtained a $400,000 settlement in a bad faith case against an insurer. Call our firm today for a free consultation if you believe that you have a bad faith insurance claim!

Late Wednesday evening, May 25, 2022, Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers’ Attorney Bartley Hagerman received a $345,000 jury verdict in a motor vehicle accident trial in Woodford County, KY. The 3-day trial was against the at-fault driver and the plaintiff’s underinsured motorist (UIM) carrier. More details will be posted soon!

In late April, Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers defeated Allstate Insurance Company’s motion for protective order of insurance claim files relating to a bad faith claim. In their opinion entered on April 28th, the Circuit Court held that the probative value of the documents to the Plaintiff’s case outweighed any prejudice to the Defendant, thus denying…

On March 25, 2022, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Mayor Linda Gorton’s recommendation to appoint Austin Mehr to a term on the Carnegie Center for Literacy was approved by The Urban County Council. Austin’s term will extend to September 1, 2025.

The National Trial Lawyers Announces M. Austin Mehr as One of Its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Kentucky For Immediate Release The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that M. Austin Mehr of Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers has been selected for inclusion into its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Kentucky,…

Effective immediately, due to COVID-19 and government recommendations, our office will be closed to the public until further notice, unless you have confirmed a time to meet with someone in our office directly. However, we will continue to provide the highest level of legal services to our current clients and potential clients. If you have…

[Article: Salyersville Independent – https://salyersvilleindependent.com/article/jury-awards-15-mil-mineral-rights-case] SALYERSVILLE – A Magoffin County jury made the largest bad faith judgment in Magoffin County’s history on Friday, awarding a family over $15 million in an 11-year-old civil case. Just as a brief synopsis, and at the risk of missing something pertinent in the long and detailed case, around 2003…

In his decision back in April, U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning declined to dismiss former members of St. Elizabeth Medical Center Employees’ Pension Plan Administrative Committee from an Employee Retirement Income Security Act breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim that the plan had not been properly funded. On Friday, October 5, 2018, Judge Bunning once again rejected the…