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• Peter Pan peanut butter sickens people in Toledo and throughout country

  Dale Emch | February 25, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  People sickened by eating tainted Peter Pan peanut butter that was sold in Toledo, Ohio, and throughout the rest of the country are starting to file lawsuits.The family of a Pennsylvania woman who died allegedly as the result of salmonella poisoning due to eating tainted peanut butter filed suit recently against ConAgra Foods, Inc. Whether the 76-year-old woman actually died of salmonella...

• Boy Suffers Foot Loss from Pit Bull Bite

  Christina Cole | February 24, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A Toledo Mother is being charged with felony child endangering after her 4-year-old son lost one of his feet when it was chewed off by the family's pit bull puppy.The boy suffers from spina bifida and he can't feel pain in his lower extremities. The boy was being treated for the dog bite at Toledo Hospital.The child's mother was arrested and is currently being held in Lucas County jail without...

• Accident victims in Ohio victimized again by insurance companies

  Dale Emch | February 22, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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...

• Insurance companies play hardball with accident victims

  Dale Emch | February 16, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Insurance companies are notorious for trying to low-ball people who have been injured in auto accidents instead of paying them a fair amount for their injuries. Personal injury attorneys have been saying this for years, but the insurance company lobbyists and the politicians they persuade have done a masterful job of painting accident victims as greedy cheaters. It's the same story in Toledo as...

• New Lawsuit Against Makers of Ortho Evra Patch

  Christina Cole | February 15, 2007 4:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  A personal injury suit has been filed in Santa Clara Count Court naming a Mountain View company and others that are involved in developing the Ortho Evra Patch. The patch is a commonly used birth control contraceptive that has been the source of hundreds of adverse reactions and complaints all around the world.The most recent lawsuits name 46 plaintiffs, most being young women in their teens and...

• Toledo lawyer offers his version of the Ten Commandments for people involved in auto accidents

  Dale Emch | February 13, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  While Toledo braces for winter blast that could dump 10 inches of snow on the area by Wednesday afternoon, it's a good idea to keep some tips in mind if you're unfortunate to be involved in an car crash. Toledo auto accident lawyer Charles Boyk includes on the back of his business card his Ten Commandments for people involved in car accidents. Here they are:1. Thou shalt not panic and leave the...

• Toledo man killed in auto accident

  Dale Emch | February 10, 2007 11:03 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A Toledo man was killed Friday when his car crashed with a city of Monroe, Michigan, truck on South Dixie Highway, according to the Toledo Blade.Martin McNally, 56, was life-flighted to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo after the accident. A passenger in the car was listed in serious condition, the Blade reported.

• Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Toledo by crash victim's family

  Dale Emch | February 09, 2007 1:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The family of a plane crash victim has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Toledo's Lucas County Common Pleas Court.The suit against Grand Aire Express, which is based in Toledo, and TriCoastal Air, Inc., and Fairchild Aircraft, Inc., alleges negligence. The crash killed Abdulgader Zbedah, a Grand Aire Express pilot, on Feb. 8, 2006, in rural northwestern Tennessee, according to the Toledo...

• Deep freeze in Toledo area leads to multiple car crashes

  Dale Emch | February 08, 2007 11:21 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Temperatures hovering around the single digits since Sunday have made for difficult driving in Toledo and the rest of northwest Ohio, causing multiple auto accidents. Though ODOT was throwing salt on the roads, the cold temperatures made it less effective than normal, according to a story in the Toledo Blade. For more information, click on this link to read the Blade article.

• Toledo-area auto accident kills two, injures others

  Dale Emch | February 05, 2007 3:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Snowy weather, causing near whiteout conditions, caused a 21-car auto accident near Findlay that killed a couple and injured many more on Saturday, Feb. 3. The accident was so serious that it caused I-75 to be closed in both directions. Slick conditions and blowing snow made for dangerous driving throughout northwest Ohio, causing a number of injury accidents. For more information, read the...

• Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Taser Case

  Christina Cole | February 02, 2007 7:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The Mother of a Toledo man who died after being shocked multiple times with a Taser has filed a wrongful death suit in U.S. District Court against Toledo and Lucas County Officers.Better Turner alleges in the suit the Toledo Police and Lucas County Sheriff's employees violated the civil rights of her son, Jeffrey Turner, who died on January 31, 2005, after being shocked nine times with a stun...