Author Archives: Rob Rosasco
January 2014
Doug Kemper recently obtained a defense verdict on a premises liability case in Jefferson Circuit Court. The trial involved a claim that the Plaintiff fell in the yard as she was moving from a house she and her husband had leased from Defendant. She claimed that she fell because she stepped in a hidden… Read More »
December 2013
GSB wins at the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In Countryway Insurance Company v. United Financial Casualty Company, et al. (Case No. 2012-CA-002051) argued and briefed by Tracey Clemmons Smith, the Court agreed that a bright line rule should be adopted clarifying priority of coverage disputes between competing Uninsured Motorist (“UM”) provisions. When priority of… Read More »
December 2013
win Steinmetz & Baird PLLC is pleased to announce that attorneys Bruce Baird, Denis Wiggins and Doug Kemper have received the coveted “AV Preeminent®” peer-review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. The Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members… Read More »
October 2013
In October, 2013, GSB attorney Rob Hickey and paralegal Kim Roberts successfully defended a large roofing company and its employee in a jury trial in Louisville, Kentucky. Our clients’ truck collided with Plaintiff’s car, resulting in a claim of traumatic brain injury with alleged damages of nearly six million dollars. We were asked to… Read More »
September 2013
In September, 2013, GSB attorneys, Robert Gwin, Rebecca Wood and Eli Lightner, successfully defended their client, a bank officer, in federal and state court actions alleging fraud in the inducement of a series of loans and business transactions. Following discovery of a significant volume of documents related to the claims, GSB attorneys filed a… Read More »
September 2013
On September 6, 2013, GSB attorneys Robert Gwin and Rebecca Wood received a favorable decision from the Kentucky Court of Appeals on behalf of an institutional trustee client. GSB’s client was trustee of two split interest trusts which had a common income beneficiary but different remainder beneficiaries. Following termination of the trusts, the remainder… Read More »
February 2013
Gwin Steinmetz & Baird PLLC is pleased to announce that W. Douglas Kemper has been named member of the firm. Mr. Kemper was Of Counsel with GSB after serving as a judge in Jefferson Circuit Court where he presided over felony criminal cases and a wide variety of civil litigation. He is a graduate… Read More »
October 2012
Article: “Kentucky Supreme Court Narrows Availability of Arbitration in Long Term Care Cases” By Robert Y. Gwin. Click here to read the article.
October 2012
GSB attorneys Robert Gwin and Rob Hickey represented an international manufacturer of chemical blending systems in a commercial arbitration in Lexington Kentucky. The case involved complex technical engineering and contract issues. The GSB team organized a significant volume of electronically produced documents and utilized litigation skills, demonstrative exhibits, and visual aids to obtain a… Read More »
January 2012
Gwin Steinmetz & Baird has been named as a 2012 “Go-To” Law Firm, and will be featured in the 9th Annual “In-House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies,” a guide produced by ALM, the publishers of Corporate Counsel magazine. The Firm was selected for the area of Litigation. Go-To Law Firms were identified… Read More »
