Accident victims in Ohio victimized again by insurance companies

Dale Emch

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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 that Ohio has the 14th lowest auto insurance and seventh-lowest homeowners insurance premiums in the U.S., according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Clearly, Ohio doesn't have runaway juries if the rates are that relatively low. The bottom line is that insurance companies only care about the bottom line, and they've managed to convince the state legislature to go along with them. People who have been injured in an accident need to protect their interests because it's clear that insurance companies usually put profits over people.