The family of Mary Stevens recently won a personal injury lawsuit for nursing home neglect and was awarded $1 million in damages. The case stemmed from serious and fatal injuries suffered by the elderly resident who was 71 years old at the time of her death. The family filed the lawsuit in May 2012. Injuries […]

Motorcycle accidents continued to claim lives on Ohio roads this year. The latest State Highway Patrol statistics show a total of 665 fatalities from Ohio road accidents, of which 74 are from motorcycle crashes as of August 2015. This appears to be on par with the previous years’ total of 134 motorcycle accident deaths. Common […]

A May car-truck collision that claimed the life of a Cleveland, Tennessee teenager has prompted a renewed focus on highway safety measures in Bradley County. Earlier this year, Ashlyn Lamberth, an honors graduate, died after her vehicle collided with a logging truck. According to Tennessee authorities, the truck driver, Cody Judd, did not possess a […]

The parents of a Cincinnati firefighter who died in the line of duty 7 years ago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owner of the house that burned, and the maker of radio equipment used by the deceased firefighter. The fire started in the basement of a house where a marijuana plantation was […]

In late October, Canfield Township was the scene of a fatal auto wreck between two vehicles. Police have determined that a female driver in a Chevy Cobalt collided head-on with a Honda Accord, but they are continuing to gather information surrounding the cause of the crash. The incident claimed the life of the Chevy’s female […]

More than 3,000 plaintiffs in Ohio sued DuPont for illnesses linked to C-8, a chemical used in Teflon, a popular DuPont product. Many of the cases are for personal injuries associated with high cholesterol and thyroid disease, some involved kidney cancer, and 37 claims were for wrongful death. The case is ongoing and trials started […]