Louisville, KY
Clear ResultsThese two unrelated product liability cases for the same national medium and heavy duty truck manufacturer involved the issue of spoliation of physical evidence (vehicle components). In the first case Plaintiff insisted that the vehicle be preserved...
We represented an insurance company in a suit for breach of insurance contract and bad faith arising out of the client’s decision not to pay benefits under an automobile accident insurance policy. The case was removed to federal court and...
Client: Electric Utility
We represented a Generation & Transmission (G&T) electric utility in two rate cases. Our representation commenced while the utility was in difficult financial straits, and through our efforts, we helped the utility secure sufficient...
We currently represent the Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives (KAEC), a trade organization that serves as the unified voice for all of Kentucky’s electric cooperatives. In this representation, we have been actively meeting and...
Laying the Foundation Every business needs certain tools to compete, from a strong product or service to the ability to effectively market and distribute it to a clear plan for the company’s future. But the basis for each of those steps begins...
1) Graf v. DaimlerChrysler , 190 F. Supp. 2d 1002 (W. Dist. Mich. 2002): Plaintiff sued his former employer seeking payment of his employer-sponsored disability benefits. The defendant employer benefit plan administrator moved for summary judgment...
Dealing with the Details Every business, no matter how efficient, faces myriad challenges in keeping the company moving forward. From contracts and agreements to employee relations, intellectual property, corporate governance and administrative...
In this business dispute, a beverage distributor sued a beverage company for breach of contract and a competing beverage distributor for wrongful interference with the contract. The plaintiff distributor claimed $14 million in damages. We defended...
We led the high profile development approval effort for a large driving range/entertainment venue located at a regional mall adjacent to a suburban neighborhood. Our efforts included working with a public relations firm to galvanize support for the...
Client: Bradford Mills Lofts
Working with a firm client, the Marian Group, we served as project counsel for the redevelopment of the former Bradford Mills in the Germantown neighborhood of Louisville. The redevelopment turned a semi-active warehouse into 144 loft...
Client: Parkland Scholar House
We served as land use counsel for the Family Scholar House project that adaptively reused the historic Parkland Elementary School, turning it into housing with community facilities for single-parent college students. We worked with Marian...
We worked with a firm client, who operates several short term rental units in the Louisville Metro area, to ensure newly enacted local regulations on short-term rentals enabling the business to continue. Our work also ensured other owners in the...
We served as development counsel to a regional bus/coach company working to obtain rezoning and entitlements needed to relocate an expanded headquarters and dispatch facility. The new location was directly adjacent to a neighborhood, necessitating...
We defended a large trucking company against product liability claims relating to the death of child. The child was struck by a waste-hauling truck manufactured in part by our client, and the plaintiffs alleged that the mirrors on the truck were...
We represented an Indiana-based competitive local exchange carrier in the negotiation and arbitration of its interconnection agreement with AT&T in Kentucky. During this representation before the Kentucky Public Service Commission, we were...
Plaintiffs are two purported beneficiaries of an $80 Million Trust. They assert claims of breach of fiduciary duty against the Trustee, an investment management firm, based on allegedly improper investment management by the Trust's investment...
We brought this case on behalf of a Trust against a broker and the financial services company employing the broker. Our client claimed that the broker and the company had breached multiple duties in advising the Trust to surrender millions of...
We are currently assisting a large, municipal water and sewage utility in Kentucky with respect to its plans to enter the natural gas business in order to spur economic development in the region. We are advising the client on all aspects on the...
We defended a national financial services firm against allegations of breach of fiduciary duty relating to a large revocable trust that became irrevocable at the grantor’s death. Our client served as the corporate trustee for the trust....
We defended a large transportation company in a serious brain injury case that was tried in federal court. The plaintiff claimed that one of our clients’ trucks crossed the center line of a road and caused an accident. We obtained witness...
We defended a convenience store chain against allegations of age discrimination, hostile work environment and discriminatory discharge from a former employee. The plaintiff, an 11-year employee who was 57 years old, was terminated after a third...
Above and Beyond The success of any business is directly tied to its employees. From their tangible contributions to the company to the mindset and culture they instill, a good workforce can be the tool that takes a company to the next level....
The plaintiff was an 11-year employee of a manufacturing company who was terminated for violation of the Company’s attendance policy after he failed to submit required documentation. The plaintiff filed suit under Kentucky’s Civil Rights Act,...
Just one month before trial in August 2012, Dinsmore obtained a summary dismissal of a suit filed by a former security officer who was terminated after 13 years of employment for failing to immediately report to his superiors information regarding...
The unique settings of hospitals and medical care centers present a number of employment challenges, from industry-specific statutes and regulations to general employment matters, such as discrimination. One of the most renowned hospital systems in...
In this case we defended a national real estate management company and certain partnerships that were sued in Kentucky regarding contractual issues by a business partner and guarantor. There was already similar litigation pending on similar issues...
We filed a lawsuit in concert with the Children’s Law Center and the ACLU following the handcuffing of two Covington Independent Schools students with disabilities by a school resource officer. The students, ages eight and nine, were...
This case involved enforcement of noncompetition and non-solicitation agreements against former employees who violated their employment contracts when they solicited numerous clients to switch brokerage companies. We successfully enforced the...
We serve as the in-house legal department for Bluegrass Cellular, a commercial mobile radio service (CMRS or cellular) provider throughout Central Kentucky. We assist the client with a wide variety of needs, including negotiating and drafting...
When the Brandenburg Telephone Company needed Sprint to pay its access charges, it turned to Dinsmore. Sprint had been withholding millions of dollars in access charges billed to it pursuant to Brandenburg Telephone Company’s filed and...
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