Louisville, KY
Clear ResultsWe defended an educational institution in a trial relating to an arbitration provision on the enrollment form. Four former students alleged they had been deceived into enrolling at the school through fraudulent and misleading statements regarding...
The plaintiff was involved in a serious accident in which he drove his motorcycle into the back of a slow-moving vehicle, was thrown from his motorcycle, and sustained multiple injuries, including a traumatic brain injury. He was transported via...
Successfully defended numerous commercial and fraud-based claims seeking in excess of $9 million against John Deere. Obtained pre-trial dismissal of claims accounting for over 99% of the damages sought and then settled the remainder of the action...
We represented an insurance company in a suit for breach of insurance contract and bad faith arising out of insurance company’s decision not to pay benefits under an occupational accident insurance policy. The case was removed to federal court and...
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 death benefits under an occupational accident insurance policy. The case was removed to federal court and...
The plaintiff filed suit claiming that our client, a retailer of parts and equipment used in lawn maintenance, had violated anti-trust laws under the Robinson-Patman Act. Our client was awarded summary judgment in federal court and the Sixth Circuit...
We defended an international automobile manufacturer against allegations of personal injury resulting from a defective product. The plaintiffs alleged that a door handle on a vehicle manufactured by our client was defective and it malfunctioned...
Plaintiff alleged that the decedent died as a result of injuries that he sustained in an ATV accident and that the ATV was defectively designed. Because there were no witnesses to the accident and the operator was unable to testify, the federal...
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 disability benefits under an occupational accident insurance policy. The case was removed to federal court...
A routine commercial foreclosure resulted in lender liability claims against the bank. Representing the bank, the case was settled on terms favorable to our client.
A fire in an apartment complex that resulted in multiple deaths allegedly started when a Christmas tree caught fire. The plaintiffs alleged that the lights on the tree were defective and that this defect caused the fire. The plaintiffs had purchased...
The plaintiffs alleged that they suffered carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of a CO leak in their furnace. After testing of the furnace by the experts found no leak in the unit and no defect, we successfully negotiated a settlement.
Competition is fierce in the business world, and companies need to stay vigilant in ensuring that there is a level playing ground. When a fleet maintenance company in Louisville alleged that Insight Communications gave its fleet work to a former...
The plaintiff was injured when he ran his fishing boat onto the shore of a river. He sustained head injuries and his passenger was ejected. The plaintiff alleged that the boat’s steering cable failed causing him to lose control of the boat. After...
Defended firearm manufacturers against design defect allegations.
Our client, a national transportation company, was awarded a verdict on its behalf in federal court. The case involved a question of who was at fault in a significant head-on collision. After several days of trial, the jury returned a verdict for...
We represented the plaintiff, a recycling and scrap metal company, in a jury trial centered on allegations of breach of contract. Our client collected metal and had entered into a contract to supply that metal to Industrial Services of America, a...
The plaintiff alleged that his house caught fire and sustained significant damage due to a fire that originated in a toaster that was manufactured by our client. Due to a lack of supporting physical evidence, the case was voluntarily dismissed by...
Our client, the chief operating officer of a corporate vendor in the railroad industry, was indicted for allegedly engaging in mail fraud by improperly outsourcing business to a company owned by his brother. We performed a significant amount of...
We represented a debt purchaser when a consumer brought a class action counterclaim against the client for alleged violations of the FDCPA and Kentucky usury laws. The consumer argued that the National Bank Act did not preempt Kentucky usury laws...
Defending manufacturer of RV refrigerators in product liability cases.
We represented a company in a matter where the insurance company refused to defend or indemnify our client in a third-party law-suit arising out of our client’s business operations. We brought claims in federal court for breach of insurance...
The plaintiff was injured when he operated his zero-turn mower up a hill resulting in a front-end rollover. The plaintiff alleged that the mower was defective because it did not have a rollover protection system. After extensive discovery, we...
Defended manufacturer against product liability claims, resulting in defense verdict at trial affirmed on appeal. Defended premises liability case, obtaining summary judgment affirmed by the Kentucky Supreme Court.
When a newspaper was denied access to records from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services relating to a case involving the death of a toddler, they turned to Dinsmore. The paper requested records from the Cabinet following the death of a...
Defended premises liability cases for auto parts client and major retailer.
Defense of motor vehicle manufacturers in cases involving alleged breach of warranty, lemon law violations and complex litigation involving Article 2 of the UCC.
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...
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