Kentucky ERISA Disability & Life Insurance Claim Lawyers

Health insurance companies are supposed to protect their policyholders by providing financial protection and reimbursement against losses. They collect premiums from their clients over a period of time to pay for future losses. When a person buys an insurance policy, they are entering into a contract. This contract is expected to be upheld and followed…

As spring approaches, it is important that homeowners know their options should a catastrophic storm damage their home and property. We are only roughly three months into the year, and tornadoes have already caused significant damage nearby. Nashville, Tennessee was just struck by an EF3 strength tornado outbreak between March 2 and March 3. During…

Austin Mehr poses with his “Distinguished CLE Speaker” plaque following his presentation at the Perry County Bar Association meeting on March 4, 2020.

On Wednesday, March 3, 2020, Austin Mehr will be at Perry County City Hall (700 Main Street, Hazard, Kentucky 41701) to give a presentation on insurance bad faith litigation. The presentation will be worth one (1) hour of CLE credit.

When a homeowners insurance company wrongfully denies or unreasonably delays payment of a valid homeowners insurance claim, it is called acting in “bad faith.” Your homeowners insurance policy is a contract between you and the insurance company. That contract creates a special relationship between you and your homeowners insurance company that requires them to act…

Homeowners insurance companies sometimes raise unexpected reasons for the denial of a claim. In a case being handled by Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers attorney Austin Mehr against Allstate, Allstate argued that since the insured’s son was the resident of the premise, not the insured herself, she had left the home vacant and, therefore, was not…

The accident attorneys at Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers frequently represent people who have been injured in accidents. Car wrecks, medical mishaps, and falls can frequently devastate a family. In those circumstances, the injured party has a right to sue the negligent person or company. The injured party can recover medical expenses, lost wages, damage to…

Austin Mehr presented at the Kentucky Law Update here in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 3, 2019 about Federal Insurance Litigation. Please be sure to visit our blog again in the future for updates to see when Austin will be giving other presentations on related topics.

The cases below, while all turning a year older this week, are still relied upon to defend insured members whose claims are handled unfairly by their insurance companies. November 17, 1988 State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Reeder, 763 S.W.2d 116 (Ky. 1988). Twenty-one years ago this month, the Kentucky Supreme Court dramatically leveled…

Maintenance workers perform physically demanding and labor intensive jobs that require the ability to frequently lift heavy equipment, manually move equipment and tools, stand for long periods, bend/twist/kneel/stoop often throughout the day, climb ladders, use their hands for repairing or installing equipment or fixtures, and perform timely repairs. According to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles,…