Ohio Personal Injury Law Blog
Two-truck crash being investigated by state troopers
Anyone who has traveled the interstate highways in Ohio has seen semi-trailer trucks parked on the side of the road. The large size of these vehicles makes them a significant hazard when they are stopped. The drivers are not always able to move their truck completely...
Has the insurance carrier acted in bad faith?
It can be very frustrating dealing with an insurance company after any sort of car accident. However, the frustration can reach a boiling point when a Toledo resident or his loved one has suffered a serious injury or has died as a result of a motor vehicle accident....
OSHA cites local business after a fatal accident
Last summer, two workers in the Toledo area lost their lives after getting trapped in a grain silo. The two men were trying to repair a clogged hole in the storage bin when something went wrong. Despite rescuers trying for hours to reach the men, they both died. One...
Retail workers face many dangers
Despite frequently hearing about the Retail Apocalypse in the news, the retail sector continues to employ a vast amount of people. In addition to clothing stores and department stores, big box hardware stores and even grocery stores are considered retail. According to...
Ohio has strict deadlines for filing med mal claims
As is the case with other types of lawsuits, a Toledo resident has only a certain amount of time during which she must file a medical malpractice claim. To give an overview of these rules, the basic idea is that a victim of medical malpractice has one year to file a...
The open road is calling, but don’t meet a winter siren’s song
Putting your bike away for the winter can be a hard pill to swallow. But when the temperatures peak and Ohio gives you a bluebird day, you may get a window to hit the streets again. Just make sure you’re taking advantage in the right way. Over 80% of all motorcycle...
Recent trends in motorcycle fatalities
Motorcycles will always be more dangerous than passenger cars. The statistics make this all too clear, year in and year out. For instance, if you look at the fatalities per miles driven, deaths are about 28 times as common on bikes as they are in cars. Quite simply,...
Left turns: Incredibly dangerous for motorcycles
Motorcyclists get injured in all manner of accidents, day in and day out, but it's clear that one specific type of crash is the most dangerous of all — the left-turn accident. When a driver decides to turn left, either to pull onto the main road or to turn off...
Motorcycle fatalities 27 times as common as car fatalities
In recent years, you may have heard that motorcycle fatalities have finally begun dropping. For instance, 5,172 motorcyclists lost their lives in 2017, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The year before, the NHTSA reported 5,337 fatal incidents....
How long should a doctor spend with a patient?
Despite the advances made in diagnostic medicine in recent years, a good deal of the reasoning that goes into diagnosing medical conditions comes from simple observation. That means that when you go to a doctor’s office, hospital clinic or emergency department...
