Kentucky residents can suffer a wide range of serious injuries, but coverage of these events may help others avoid or recover from an accident. Our news page explores the causes and outcomes of motor vehicle crashes and other severe injuries to help others prepare for what lies ahead.
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Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act Passes SenatePublic safety advanced by the Senate's passage of the Motor Vehicle Safety Whistleblower Act which creates financial incentives for reporting safety defects.
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Student-Athlete Advisor Settles Whistleblower SuitLexington, Kentucky whistleblower lawyer Robert Abell on the settlement by an advisor at North Carolina claiming she was fired for reporting academic fraud.
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Whistleblower Protections Advanced in CongressLexington, Kentucky whistleblower lawyer Robert Abell on the progress of legislation improving protections for federal whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers & Retaliation; Whistleblowers and RetaliationLexington, Kentucky whistleblower lawyer Robert Abell discusses the various forms of retaliation against whistleblowers.
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Lexington Medicaid Fraud Lawyer: Diabetes Drug AvandiaA Medicaid fraud lawsuit in Utah arising from the wrongful marketing of the diabetes drug Avandia has settled for $8.5 million.
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Whistleblower To Receive $10 Million Plus In Medicare Fraud SettlementCR Bard, a medical device maker, has settled a False Claims Act Medicare fraud case for $48.26 million; the whistleblower will receive over $10 million.
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Contractor Settles Time Card Fraud Suit, Will Pay $18.5 MillionThe world's largest engineering firm, CH2M Hill, will pay $18.5 million to settle a time card fraud suit with the federal Department of Energy.
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Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway Sues Spencerian CollegeKentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has filed suit against Spencerian College claiming that it lured students with inflated job placement claims.
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Whistleblower To Collect $104 Million For Exposing Tax CheatingA whistleblower and former UBS banker, Bradley Birkenfeld, will collect $104 million from his role in helping the IRS catch tax cheats.
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Pharmacy Giant Settles Another Whistleblower SuitPharmacy giant Omnicare has settled another whistleblower lawsuit, this one alleging kickbacks in its 2004 acquisition of Total Pharmacy.
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Medicare Overbilling Inquiry Settled by Tenet Healthcare for $43 MillionTenet Healthcare has settled a federal government inquiry regarding Medicare overbilling for $43 million.
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Whistleblower Settles Case Claiming Hospice Provider Defrauded Medicare for $25 MillionA whistleblower lawsuit claiming that Odyssey Healthcare defrauded Medicare has been settled for $25 million.
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Healthcare Whistleblower Who Reported Double-Billing Joins $137.5 Million SettlementA healthcare fraud whistleblower has joined the US Department of Justice in a $137.5 million settlement in a federal False Claims Act case.
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Healthcare Fraud Whistleblowers Help Recovery of Nearly $16 BillionWhistleblowers on healthcare fraud have helped lead to the government's recovery of nearly $16 billion in cases under the False Claims Act.
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Bill Would Enlist Whistleblowers To Root Out Fraud on Kentucky's GovernmentKentucky House Speaker and others have introduced a bill to create the Kentucky False Claims Act, HB 401.
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Whistleblowers Receive Bounties In Maritime Pollution CasesWhistleblowers that report maritime pollution may receive a bounty equal to one-half of the fines recovered.
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FDA Whistleblowers Sue Agency For Monitoring Their Private E-MailsWhistleblowing scientists from the FDA have sued the agency for monitoring their private email accounts where they informed Congress of problems at the FDA.
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Pilot Fired After Reporting Mechanical Problems Ordered ReinstatedOSHA has found an Air Tran pilot, who was fired after his reports of aircraft mechanical problems, to be a protected whistleblower and ordered reinstatement.
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Marketing Fraud Suit Involving Risperdal Goes To TrialA whistleblower suit against Johnson & Johnson claiming that it fraudulently marketed the drug Risperdal has gone to trial in Texas.
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Story of a Courageous Kentucky Coal MinerCharles Scott Howard is a courageous Kentucky coal miner; read his story.