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• Truck causes three-vehicle accident west of Toledo

  Dale Emch | March 28, 2007 3:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A truck driver ran a red light near Bryan, Ohio, yesterday causing an accident that sent two people to the hospital.The Toledo Blade reported that the accident at the intersection of U.S. 6 and 127 in Williams County resulted in one driver being life-flighted to Toledo and another going to a hospital in Bryan.

• Legal column tackles questions about wills and rental agreements

  Dale Emch | March 23, 2007 1:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  "Legal Briefs," Dale Emch's new bi-weekly column in the Toledo Blade addressed two areas: getting information about a will and breaking a less in a rental property.On the will question, the writer asked about her inability to get any information about their mother's will because her sister, the executor of the estate, wouldn't communicate with her.The other question was from a mother whose...

• Supreme Court expands window for parents filing loss of consortium claims

  Dale Emch | March 22, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Toledo parents now have more time in which to file loss of consortium lawsuits based on the negligence or medical malpractice claims of their children.The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that because the parent's claim for the loss of companionship and society of a child is inseparable from the claim a child might advance for an injury, the parent enjoys the same expanded statute of limitations...

• Merck Scientists Defend Vioxx

  Christina Cole | March 16, 2007 11:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Merck & Co., accused of pointedly selling Vioxx while aware of the health risk and potential to cause heart attacks, started its defense Thursday by calling their top research scientist to testify and explain the vast research the company does.Merck's director of clinical research and vice president of early research both said the company had preformed dozens of tests on the arthritis dug to...

• Olives Recalled for Possible Contamination

  Christina Cole | March 10, 2007 5:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Jars of olives have been recalled by a Florida company because they might be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause food poisoning.Flora Foods, located in Florida, has recalled their 25 ounce jars of "Cerignola Olives," due to risk of being contaminated with clostridium botulinum, which can cause a potentially fatal form of food poisoning.The recalled olives were distributed in Georgia,...

• Blade introduces 'Legal Briefs' by Toledo Attorney Dale Emch

  Dale Emch | March 06, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Toledo Blade launched a new question-and-answer column called Dale Emch's "Legal Briefs" in Sunday's newspaper. The column is slated to run every other week in the paper's Sunday and online editions.The goal of the column is to provide practical legal information about a wide variety of subjects even though I focus my practice on personal injury and criminal defense work. I'll field...

• Small university south of Toledo reeling after tragic accident

  Dale Emch | March 03, 2007 11:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  BLUFFTON, OHIO - This small university town about 60 miles south of Toledo was badly shaken after four Bluffton University baseball players died when a team bus flipped over a railing on to I-75 in Atlanta Friday.The accident also claimed the lives of the driver of the tour bus and his wife.The team was traveling to Sarasota, Fla., to begin its season. Somehow the driver of the bus failed to...

• Toledo Woman Crashes into Restaurant

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 4:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A woman is in the hospital after a car accident where she crashed her car into a Subway restaurant in West Toledo. The accident occurred at the corner of West Sylvania and Peek.The woman got into an argument with her boyfriend, which led to her getting in her car and taking off, say officials. She ended up crashing into the rear of the Subway where the office is located.Police suspect she may...