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• Accident victims in Ohio victimized again by insurance companies

  Dale Emch | February 22, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  You have to hand it to Ohio insurance companies and their message crafters. They've been screaming for years about the desperate need for tort reform, allegedly because personal injury attorneys in Toledo and throughout Ohio have hijacked the jury system. They knew it wasn't true, but that didn't stop them from hammering auto accident victims. As proof, of their disingenuous stance, consider...

• Man in Toledo Car Accident Dies

  Christina Cole | January 22, 2007 11:39 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Emergency crews say Gregory Wilson was driving down Laskey when he lost control of his car, hit a pole and then flipped over. Wilson was thrown 20 feet from his car where he was found unconscious by the fire crew. Gregory Wilson did not survive surgery, say hospital officials. Wilson died at Saint Vincent's Mercy Medical Center after a car accident in West Toledo late last night.Officials are...

• Semi Truck Overturns on Highway

  Christina Cole | January 09, 2007 12:48 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  On Tuesday morning, at approximately 3:00, a semi overturned on I-70 downtown causing a diesel fuel spill all over the roadway.Non-hazardous materials including hair care products and hand lotions had to be unloaded from the truck. Road crews worked to clean up the accident throughout the morning. Traffic was impacted in the area and caused lane closures.

• Vioxx Decision Upheld, Award Reduced

  Christina Cole | January 08, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Good news for Felicia Garza - a Texas judge certified the ruling of a state jury that held the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. liable for the Vioxx related death of her husband. The bad news however is the same judge decided the initial damages awarded to Garza in the tune of $32 million, violated state laws and therefore reduced the award to $8.7 million.Leonel Garza died in 2001 after...

• One Person Dead in Gas Truck Accident

  Christina Cole | January 04, 2007 11:04 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  One man died in an early morning accident on Thursday after he lost control of the tanker truck he was driving, said authorities.State troopers got a report of the accident at 4:58am, Thursday, said officials, and hazardous materials teams were sent to the scene to clean up the gasoline that leaked from the overturned truck. Jackson County Coroner could not identify the victim pending...

• Man Dies After Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | January 04, 2007 3:32 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Yesterday, a man fell to his death after an accident on a New York construction site.A two-ton beam fell on a front end loading machine the worker was operating, trapping it, said Authorities. The worker tried to use the machine to push the beam off of the building's second story ledge. Instead, it dragged him and the machine along with it. The worker was taken to the hospital where he died.

• 12-year-old Bit by Dog in Toledo

  Christina Cole | January 03, 2007 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  A 12-year-old boy was bit in the face by a 90lb male pit bull yesterday in Toledo, said authorities.Cody Hoffman was taken to the University Medical Center for stitches in his neck and cheek, said Tom Skeldon, Lucas County dog warden.The dog was in the basement when authorities arrived and was very aggressive, so it was tranquilized before being taken to the county pound. Another pit bull at the...

• SUV Hits Patrol Car

  Christina Cole | January 02, 2007 11:51 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  An Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper and another man were hurt when the trooper's car was hit by a sport utility vehicle on Sunday near the Ohio Turnpike.Highway Patrol Trooper, Nate Towns, of the Walbridge post, who was in the driver's seat of the patrol car, was treated at Bay Park Hospital in Oregon. Andrew J. Sleek, of Fremont, who was in the front passenger seat of the patrol car, was treated at...