Kentucky Interference Law

<H2> Brooke Threlkeld v. Norton Healthcare Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory. AI Overview The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees of covered employers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for specific family/medical reasons (birth/adoption, serious health condition, military family needs) and 26 weeks fo... More...

$0 (12-05-2025 - KY)

Louis B. Harper and Mark O. Biggs v. Robert E. Smith and Andronia Smith

<h2> Henderson, Kentucky civil litigation breach of contract lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants. </h2> Robert E. Smith ("Robert") and Andronia Smith ("Ann") appeal an Order and Judgment of the Henderson Circuit Court entering a jury verdict in favor of their landlord for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and self-help eviction, and for their landlord's re... More...

$0 (11-15-2024 - KY)

C.J. v. United States of America, et al.

Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Federal Tort Claims Act theory. Plaintiff C.J. alleges that Officer Jacob Salcido sexually assaulted and battered her while an inmate at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She sued the United States and Salcido on February 10, 2023, alleging that Salcido violated her constitutional r... More...

$0 (06-06-2023 - KY)

Airtech, Inc. v. Raymond F. Justinic

Florence, Kentucky employment law attorney represented Plaintiff, who sued his employer for wrongful termination for being fired for refusing to fly into potentially bad weather. Raymond Justinic, was regularly assigned to pilot corporate aircraft for the Crestview Hills-based company, Columbia Sussex, was asked to fly an insurance adjuster to the Caribbean in September 2017. Pla... More...

$1900000 (12-10-2021 - KY)

United States of America v. Jorge Santos Caballero Melgar

Bowling Green, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery; conspiracy to use and carry firearms during and in relation to crimes of violence; interference with commerce by robbery in the March 17, 2017, robbery of La Placita in Bowling Green, Kentucky; murder through the use of a firearm during and in relation to the... More...

$0 (05-06-2021 - KY)

TIMOTHY NOLAN V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center> <table> <td> <img width="350" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0479751.jpg"> </td> </table> <h2> </h2> </center> A Campbell County grand jury indicted Timothy Nolan on thirty counts, mostly felonies involving sexually related crimes, with several of the charges involving... More...

$0 (07-31-2020 - KY)

RODNEY CARLISLE, JR. v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

<center> <table> <td> <img width="400" src=" http://kool.corrections.ky.gov/Content/OffenderPhotos/0364160.jpg"> </td> </table> <h2> </h2> </center> <CENTER> In September 2017, at approximately 3:10 PM,1 Officer Brian Powers of the Covington Police Department stopped a truck for improper equipment, namely, tinted tai... More...

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Amy Jo Hicks v. John Lee Perkins v. Commissioners of Social Security

When individuals in this country are unable to work because of physical or mental disabilities, they may file for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits. The eleven plaintiffs here all filed for these benefits, and they all eventually received them. The trouble, however, is that they were represented in their efforts by Eric Conn, a ... More...

$0 (11-26-2018 - KY)

BIG SANDY COMPANY, L.P. v. EQT GATHERING, LLC and EQT PRODUCTION COMPANY <table> <td>

The majority of the facts are undisputed. On August 1, 2003, Big Sandy entered into a Pipeline Easement Agreement (the Agreement) with Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company, LLC (KWVA). KWVA is EQT's predecessor in interest. In the Agreement, Big Sandy. granted KWVA an easement for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a pipeline. The parties refer to the · ·pipel... More...

$0 (04-27-2018 - KY)

Arnetia Joyce Robinson v. Federal Housting Finance Agency

Appellant Arnetia Joyce Robinson is a stockholder in the Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”; collectively, the “Companies”). During the economic recession in 2007–2008, Congress enacted the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (“HERA”), which created an agency, Appellee Federal Ho... More...

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<H2>ROBERT MARKHAM TAYLOR V. AYETTE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

On December 20, 2013, Alex Johnson was killed and his body placed in a barrel, which was then left in the Kentucky River near Interstate 75. The last two people to see Johnson alive were Taylor and Timothy Ballard (a.k.a. "Tiny"). . . What emerged at trial were two conflicting narratives as to the final Hours of Johnson's life. A. Ballard's Testimony. Ballard testifie... More...

$0 (11-07-2017 - KY)

United States of America v. Deric Lostutter

Lexington, KY - Winchester Man Sentenced To 24 Months For Illegally Hacking Into Website And Lying To Federal Agents A Winchester, Ky., man, who previously admitted to hacking and taking control of a high school sports website, to gain publicity for his online identity and harass and intimidate the website owner and others, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. U.S. ... More...

$0 (03-08-2017 - KY)

RICARDO D. TAYLOR V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

In August 2012, Appellant, Ricardo D. Taylor, had been dating Tina Norman for nearly one month. The two had also been living together at Tina's apartment. Around noon on August 2, 2012, while at Tina's apartment, Taylor began questioning her about cheating on him with another man. Tina, who was high at the time, laughed in response and Taylor became very angry. He threw a ... More...

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COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. IRIS JENNINGS AND IRIS JENNINGS V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Appellee's teenage daughter got into a physical fight with a schoolmate whose parents are Boysie Washington and Tarsha Henderson. Although the facts are disputed, Appellee apparently believed that Boysie, unhappy with the outcome of the first fight between the two girls, instigated a second fight under his oversight to keep others from interfering. The police responded to the s... More...

$0 (06-20-2016 - KY)

HENRY GAIL TAYLOR V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

On September 27, 2012, Sergeant Robert Hansen, Officer Jennifer Willis, and Officer Fuller of the Bowling Green Police Department (BGPD) responded to the Taylor residence to investigate a report of alleged sexual abuse. 1 The officers had been notified by Rebecca Petty that her nieces, "Melissa" and "Carol" had disclosed to her that they had been sexually abused by their fathe... More...

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JERRY JAMGOTCHIAN V. KENTUCKY HORSE RACING COMMISSION, ET AL

On May 21, 2011, Appellant Jerry Jamgotchian claimed Rochitta, a bay filly, for $42,400 in a claiming race at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Foaled February 26, 2008 in Pennsylvania, Rochitta was first purchased at the 2009 Keeneland Yearling Sales in Lexington, Kentucky for $160,000 by Rabbah Bloodstock. Prior to her debut at Churchill Downs, Rochitta had run pr... More...

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THOMAS J. DAVIS V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Officer Tim McCoy was on duty in the late evening hours, parked on the side of a remote gravel road in a rural area of McLean County, as he described it, "looking for DUI drivers." Riding with Mccoy that evening was his canine partner, Chico. Chico is a trained and certified narcotics-search dog. McCoy was aware of allegations that Appellant was involved with illegal drugs. Ear... More...

$0 (03-17-2016 - KY)

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. BILLY COX

Billy Cox was stopped at a roadblock conducted by the Kentucky State Police (KSP) at a highway intersection. As Cox approached the roadblock, one of the troopers noticed that he was not wearing his seatbelt. When questioned, Cox admitted to drinking two beers over dinner at a nearby restaurant. The trooper observed that Cox's speech was slurred, his eyes appeared bloodshot ... More...

$0 (12-27-2015 - KY)

Perry v. Agriculture Dept

On November 29, 2011, Perry arrived at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ("FTC-Oklahoma), but was separated from other intake inmates because "he was being housed in [the Special Housing Unit ("SHU")] due to a 2007 assault in Kentucky." [Record No. 1, p. 11, ¶¶ 84-85] Perry states that he was "subjected to metal detectors and X-ray body scans due to suspicion of alleged cont... More...

$0 (12-26-2015 - KY)

Bertha Mae Huff v. Carol Shaw

This case requires us to consider whether a person who listens to and subsequently electronically records a conversation from an inadvertent “pocket-dial” call1 violates Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 2510 et seq. (Title III). James Huff inadvertently placed a pocket-dial call to Carol Spaw while he was on a business trip in Ita... More...

$0 (07-21-2015 - KY)

Bertha Mae Huff v. Carol Spaw

James Huff was Chairman of the Kenton County, Kentucky, Airport Board (Airport Board), which oversees the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). In October 2013, he traveled to Bologna, Italy with his wife, Bertha Huff, and with Airport Board Vice Chairman Larry Savage to attend a business conference. Carol Spaw worked at CVG as Senior Executive Assistant to the airport’s CE... More...

$0 (07-21-2015 - KY)

United States of America v. Daniel L. Ushery, Jr.

During an August 14, 2013 rearraignment, Daniel L. Ushery, Jr. pleaded guilty to the distribution of crack cocaine. He was not prepared to plead guilty when the rearraignment first began. Instead of adjourning the rearraignment, however, the district court oversaw a back-and-forth negotiation between the government's attorney and Ushery's counsel concerning specific provisions of a... More...

$0 (05-06-2015 - KY)

Left Fork Mining Company, Inc. v. Irving Hooker, et al.

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of a claim for money damages brought under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). The district court found that the existence of an alternate remedial scheme created by statute precluded a judicially-created damages remedy in this case. For the reasons stated herein, we AFFIRM. I. Pla... More...

$0 (01-01-2015 - KY)

Paul F. Mik v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

In May 2012, Paul F. Mik, Jr., Lee Ann Mik, and PALS Enterprises, LLC (collectively, "the Miksâ€) filed suit against the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Macâ€), arguing that they were unlawfully evicted from their rental home after their landlord defaulted on her mortgage and the property was sold at a foreclosure sale. The district court granted Freddie Mac's motion to ... More...

$0 (02-07-2014 - KY)

Joseph Peterson v. Commissioner of Social Security

Joseph Peterson appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to Appellee, the Commissioner of Social Security ("Commissionerâ€), in this 42 U.S.C. Â§ 405(g) suit challenging the Commissioner's final decision denying Peterson's application for Supplemental Security Income ("SSIâ€) under the Social Security Act ("the Actâ€). Peterson contends that the Administrative Law Ju... More...

$0 (01-22-2014 - KY)

G.C. v. Owensboro Public Schools

Plaintiff-Appellant G.C. began attending school in the Owensboro Public School District as an out-of-district student in 2005. In September 2009, G.C. was caught sending text messages in class. School officials confiscated his cell phone and read the text messages. Because this was the last in a series of disciplinary infractions, Superintendent Dr. Larry Vick ("Vickâ€) revoke... More...

$0 (03-28-2013 - KY)

Paula B. Brown v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government

Plaintiff Paula Brown appeals from the district court's order of summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants in this employment discrimination suit, charging retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 2000e - 2000e-17, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress under state law. The district court held that Brown had failed to estab... More...

$0 (06-12-2012 - KY)

Tom Seeger v. Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, LLC

Plaintiff Tom Seeger appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co., LLC ("CBTâ€), and dismissing his claim that CBT violated the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLAâ€), 29 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 2601-2654, when it terminated his employment on the ground of disability fraud. Seeger took FMLA leave and concurrent paid leave under ... More...

$0 (05-08-2012 - KY)

Timothy D. Rouse v. Michael B. Stacy

Plaintiff-Appellee Timothy D. Rouse filed a pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 against Defendants Fulton County Police Chief Terry Powlde,1 Fulton County police officer Benney Dunccan, Commonwealth Attorney Michael B. Stacy, Assistant County Attorney Richard L. Majors, and Fulton County jailer Ricky Parnell.2 Rouse alleged in his complaint that while he was in jail awaiting trial pro... More...

$0 (04-17-2012 - KY)

William Sanford v. Main Street Baptist Church Manor, Inc.

Plaintiff-Appellant William Sanford appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees Main Street Baptist Church Manor, Inc. ("the Manorâ€) and Southeastern Management Center, Inc. ("Southeasternâ€) on his sexual-harassment and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Kentucky Civil Rights Act ("KCRAâ€). The dis... More...

$0 (12-05-2011 - KY)

Rodney Cochran v. Dan Gilliam

In this 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 action, Defendants- Appellants Dan and Don Gilliam (collectively, "Gilliamsâ€) appeal the district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity. Plaintiff-Appellee Rodney Cochran alleges the Gilliams, both deputy sheriffs in Lincoln County, Kentucky, violated his constitutional rights by assisting Cochran's landlords... More...

$0 (09-02-2011 - KY)

William Sheffield v. City of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, et al.

Plaintiff William Sheffield challenges several municipal ordinances enacted by the city of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, alleging that the ordinances violate the United States and Kentucky Constitutions and that the ordinances are preempted by Kentucky state statutes and administrative regulations. The district court rejected all of Sheffield's challenges. With one exception, we agree with that conclusio... More...

$0 (09-03-2010 - KY)

George Wysocel v. International Business Machine Corporation, dba IBM, Inc.

Plaintiff-Appellant George Wysocki alleges that defendant-appellee International Business Machines ("IBMâ€) refused to properly reintegrate Wysocki as a data administrator after he returned from military service in Afghanistan, in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRAâ€). Before he was terminated, Wysocki signed a general release (the "Releas... More...

$0 (07-03-2010 - KY)

La Quinta Corporation; Baymont Franchising, LLC v. Heartland Properties, LLC; David W. Adams; Betty L. Adams

In this action alleging breach of a hotel franchise agreement and federal trademark infringement, defendants Heartland Properties LLC, David W. Adams, and Betty L. Adams appeal the district court's denial of discovery-related motions, grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs La Quinta Corporation and Baymont Franchising LLC, and the award of liquidated and treble damages to Baymont. We aff... More...

$0 (04-28-2010 - KY)

Ken Hodak v. Madison Capital Management, LLC, et al.

Ken Hodak was hired as CEO of United American Resources GP Services, LLC, in May 2006. In his first four months, Hodak's performance was less than satisfactory. After management came to suspect that Hodak had breached his Confidentiality Agreement by improperly disclosing to third parties UAR's pending negotiations to acquire other companies, Hodak was terminated for cause without prior notice in ... More...

$0 (09-10-2009 - KY)

Ventas, Inc. v. Health Care Property Investors, Inc.

Ventas, Inc. sued Health Care Property Investors, Inc. on a tortious interference theory claiming that defndant interfered in its efforts to purchase Sunrise Senior Living for $1.8 billion. Ventas claimed that it had to increase the amount that it was offering in order to buy the company because of HCP's interference. HCP denied that it engaged in any wrongful conduct.... More...

$101672807 (09-05-2009 - KY)

Gerald Gresh v. Waste Services of America, Inc., et al.

Gerald Gresh claims that Waste Services of America ("WSAâ€), two of its corporate officers and an affiliated company fraudulently induced him to refrain from exercising an option to buy WSA stock until after most of the corporation's assets had been sold or transferred. The district court rejected all of his claims as a matter of law. We affirm in part and reverse in part. I. In... More...

$0 (02-17-2009 - KY)

Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc. v. Wesley Gilliam

This Court granted discretionary review to address one issue - whether a wrongful discharge claim under state law is preempted by federal law (the National Labor Relations Act) where the discharge was allegedly based on the employee's participation in union organizing activities . We agree with the trial court that the National Labor Relations Board has exclusive jurisdiction over such claims, rev... More...

$0 (01-22-2009 - KY)

Vernon G. Smith v. Caterpillar, Inc., et al.

Vernon Greg Smith appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment against him and in favor of Caterpillar, Inc. Smith contends that he was wrongfully discharged from an implied employment contract with Caterpillar after he threatened to report potential safety issues to the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He further alleges that Caterpillar breached his implied e... More...

$0 (12-19-2008 - KY)

Claude L. Bassett v. The National Collegiate Athletic Association and University of Kentucky Athletic Association

Appellant Claude L. Bassett (Bassett) was an assistant football coach for the University of Kentucky (UK) from 1997-2000 when he resigned due to allegations of The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) rules infractions. Bassett filed suit against NCAA, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the University of Kentucky Athletic Association (UKAA), alleging conspiracy to violate antitr... More...

$0 (06-13-2008 - KY)