Jamie W. Dittert

Jamie W. Dittert

 

Jamie W. Dittert

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859.255.8581

An experienced and nationally recognized litigator, Jamie has a wide range of experience in defending personal injury claims, including motor vehicle accidents and premises liability matters and medical negligence defense. This work has taken her across the Commonwealth, litigating in state and federal courts in central, northern, and eastern Kentucky.

Jamie has successfully obtained summary judgment or dismissal in favor of her clients based on a wide variety of issues. She is well-versed in insurance coverage and extra-contractual liability issues. Her work in health care law focuses on long-term care litigation and medical malpractice defense, as well as drafting and reviewing HIPAA policies.

She is recognized by both Best Lawyers and SuperLawyers in Insurance Law and Insurance Litigation, is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and a Member of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC).

Areas of Practice

  • Obtained defense verdict for clinic and provider in wrongful death action regarding cancer diagnosis.

    Obtained unanimous defense verdict in a trial for damages arising out of a three-car motor vehicle accident.

    Obtained summary judgment at trial court level based on the statute of limitations and application of Gailor v. Alsabi, 990 S.W.2d 597 (Ky. 1999) for estate of driver killed in automobile accident. Obtained dismissal at appellate level for the opposing party’s failure to timely appeal a final and appealable order.

    Obtained summary judgment as to liability for an eye injury resulting from a firework on property owned by our client. Plaintiff’s appeal was dismissed for failure to prosecute.

    Plaintiff alleged slip and fall at store. Successfully obtained dismissal due to statute of limitations.

    Plaintiff alleged a dog bite to a minor. Successfully obtained a dismissal for lack of prosecution.

    Plaintiff, acting pro se, was a prison inmate who alleged federal and state law claims in connection with Hepatitis C treatment. We obtained summary judgment in favor of our physician client.

    Plaintiff was a represented prison inmate who alleged federal and state law claims in connection with Hepatitis C treatment while incarcerated. We obtained summary judgment in favor of our physician client.

    Wrote successful brief to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals defending dismissal of prisoner medical care litigation.

  • Best Lawyers in America®: Insurance Litigation, Insurance Law (2021-24)

    Kentucky Super Lawyers®: Insurance Coverage

    Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow

    Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Member

    Leadership Kentucky (Class of 2022)

    Leadership Lexington (Class of 2014)

  • Kentucky Defense Counsel: Young Lawyers Section Committee

    Defense Research Institute: 2020 Health Care Law Seminar Trial Tactics Planning Committee Chair

    Central Kentucky American Inn of Court

    Fayette County Bar Association

    Kentucky Bar Association

  • “Can’t We All Just Get Along? Privacy and Substance Use Disorder Records,” M.D. Update (Dec. 2022)

    “Who Could’ve Seen This Coming? COVID-19 and Business Interruption Coverage.” KBA Bench & Bar (November 2021)

    “COVID-19 Immunity Protection for Healthcare Professionals,” M.D. Update (May 2020)

    “Revisiting Federal Physician Compensation Restrictions,” M.D. Update (November 2018)

    “Kentucky Declines to Adopt Negligent Credentialing,” M.D. Update, Issue 112 (January 2018)

    “The Real Impact of Hollaway v. Direct General Ins. Co.,” Fayette County Bar Association Bar News (2017, Issue 1)

    “Eighth Amendment Claims,” M.D. Update (December 2016)

    “Defending Eighth Amendment Claims Against Medical Providers,” DRI’s In-House Quarterly (Summer 2016)

    “Litigating the Declaratory Judgment Action,” DRI’s In-House Quarterly (Fall 2015)

    “Ex Parte Communications: What Medical Providers Should Know About Caldwell v. Chauvin,” M.D. Update (September 2015)

    “Recent Changes to the Role of Physician Assistants,” M.D. Update (January 2015)

  • Decoding HIPAA: What Every Health Care Lawyer Should Know, presentation at the DRI Medical Liability & Healthcare Law Seminar (2019)

    Personal Auto: Who is an Insured and for What, presentation at the DRI Insurance Coverage & Claims Institute (2019)

    Presented for National Business Institute CLE "Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Law - Made Simple" on several topics: Kentucky UM/UIM Insurance Law Fundamentals; Clarifying UM/UIM Coverage - Carrier Obligations Made Simple; and Is the Motorist Underinsured? Easy Ways to Calculate Limits and Damages (June 2018)

    Presented for National Business Institute's "Insurance Bad Faith 'Set-Up' in Kentucky" CLE on several topics: Recognize an Unreasonable Third-Party Demand; How to Respond to a Potential Bad Faith Set-Up; Defenses in a Bad Faith Suit; and Ethics (February 2018)

    To Post or Not To Post: Rules for Social Media and Your Future, presentation for Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass “JA Miss Business” (February 2018)

    Myth or Fact? ALI Restatement of the Law Liability Insurance Edition, Kentucky Defense Counsel Fall Seminar (November 2017)

    Cybersecurity: What Business Leaders Need to Know, presented on the topic of HIPAA and other healthcare regulations (August 2016)

  • University of Kentucky, J.D.

    Transylvania University, B.S. cum laude

  • In addition to advising healthcare professionals, Jamie is actively involved in efforts to assist the region in emergencies and natural disasters. She has served on the Executive Committee of the American Red Cross Bluegrass Chapter Board of Directors since 2018.