Austin Mehr has tried more insurance bad faith cases to judgment than any other attorney in Kentucky.
Notable Mehr Fairbanks Trial Verdicts*:
2013 Defense Scott Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
2011 $2,634,175.00 Bell Kentucky National Insurance Company
2009 $4,394,681.00 Kenton The Medical Protective Company
2007 $50,000.00 Whitley Tennessee Farmers Insurance
2006 $950,833.00 Taylor Hamilton Mutual Insurance Company
2004 $290,842.00 Knox Hamilton Mutual Insurance Company
2004 $20,000.00 Hardin Kentucky National Insurance Company
2002 Defense Lee Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
2000 $1,030,000.00 Lincoln Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
1999 $455,000.00 Fayette Standard Life Insurance Company & Investors Life Insurance Company of North America
1998 $1,784,836.00 Pike Home Insurance Company of Indiana
*Disclaimer: All judgment amounts listed above were entered by the listed Circuit Courts in the State of Kentucky. However, the amounts do not necessarily reflect a final amount that was received by the Plaintiff(s) in each respective case. The judgment amounts may have (1) increased after attorney’s fees and interest were calculated, (2) decreased following a post-judgment settlement, or (3) altered or vacated following an appeal. The above-mentioned judgment amounts do not constitute a promise for potential case judgements. The judgment amounts are meant only as a sampling of judgments that have been entered in cases involving Mehr Fairbanks Trial Lawyers, PLLC. Judgment results vary from case to case.
- University of Kentucky College of Law
- J.D. (1983) | Law
- Murray State University
- B.S. (1975) | Biology
- Honors: cum laude
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- Bad Faith Verdicts and Appeals – What Are Your Chances?
- The Advocate
- Was Removal Proper Under ERISA? Why a Motion to Remand May Be Appropriate
- The Advocate, Kentucky Justice Association
- Admissibility of Litigation Conduct in a Bad Faith Trial
- The Advocate, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Defeating Summary Judgment Motions in Bad Faith Cases – the Power of Inference
- The Advocate, Kentucky Justice Association
- ERISA Preemption? Maybe, Maybe Not! Analysis of the Safe Harbor Provisions
- The Advocate, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Zooming Thru Continuing Education, Northern Kentucky Bar Association
- Insurance Bad Faith, Perry County Bar Association
- Kentucky Law Update, Lexington, Ashland, London, Louisville, Paducah, Bowling Green, Covington, Owensboro, KY
- Insurance Bad Faith, Laurel County Bar Association
- Advanced Insurance Bad Faith, National Business Institute, Louisville, Lexington, KY
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