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Ohio's New Minimum Wage Laws

Posted on April 08, 2008
On January 1, 2007 Ohio's new minimum wage law went into effect. This law raised the minimum wage to $6.85 per hour with built in yearly increases. Every year, the minimum wage changes to reflect the rate of inflation for the past twelve months...

Trucking Industry Poses Serious Hazards for Motoring Public

Posted on April 04, 2008
United States Department of Transportation Statistics show that tractor-trailers are involved in over 300,000 accidents per year resulting in the death of approximately 5,000 individuals. Given the immense size and weight of these vehicles and their cargo, the consequences of these accidents can be disastrous...

Nursing Home Residents Beware

Posted on March 26, 2008
Nursing home residents are particularly susceptible to being the victims of negligent and improper care. Congress and state legislatures have enacted laws designed to protect these residents who frequently cannot speak out on their own behalfs. Despite the exitence of these laws, abusive and negligent practicies persist...

Baxter Heparin Recall Demonstrates Limitations On FDA's Ability To Adequately Protect Patient Safety

Posted on March 05, 2008
On February 28, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its most recent Public Health Advisory concerning a popular blood thinner, Heparin, manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corporation. An unusually high number of severe allergic reactions have been associated with this product when it is administered in high doses over short periods of time - commonly referred to as a bolus...

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Recovery Against Bars for the Conduct of Drunk Patrons

Posted on February 26, 2008
Ohio law permits recovery against liquor permit holders for injuries caused by their intoxicated patrons under certain circumstances. Whether the injury was the result of a bar room attack perpetrated by an intoxicated customer or a traffic accident caused by a drunken driver, Ohio law may allow recovery against a bar or restaurant that negligently served alcohol to an already intoxicated individual...

Victims of Dangerous Railroad Crossing Can Once Again Sue Negligent Railroads

Posted on February 26, 2008
In August of 2007, Congress passed an amendment to the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) that will once again permit state tort law claims against negligent railroads that kill or maim citizens and pollute the environment.

State of Florida Suspends Allstate's Insurance License

Posted on January 23, 2008
The state of Florida is in a big fight with Allstate right now, and Allstate is not cooperating, refusing to turn over subpoena ordered internal documents (particularly something known as "The McKinsey Report") which demonstrates a systematic denial of claims - read the story of Allstate's potential bad faith actions in Florida...

Shims Bargain Inc. Recalls Pacifiers Due to Choking Hazard

Posted on January 10, 2008
Shims Bargain Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 45,000 "BabyTown" Pacifiers due to a choking hazard. These pacifiers fail to meet federal safety standards for pacifiers. The pacifier shield is too small and could easily enter the mouth of an infant...

Truck Crashes Into Ohio Bridge

Posted on December 19, 2007
On Tuesday, December 18 a cargo container truck crashed into a Ohio Bridge, killing the driver of the truck and rupturing a gas line. Because of the gas line six homes had to be evacuated. Part of the bridge was damaged and is still closed until inspected...

Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents Pose Risk for Kidney Patients

Posted on December 10, 2007
Earlier this year the FDA released an alert about gadolinium-based contrast agents, announcing its decision to ask all manufacturers of these agents to place black-box warnings on these contrast agents. Gadolinium-based contrast agents are used by diagnosticians to heighten the image quality of a magnetic resonance image (MRI)...

Peter Brodhead, Attorney at Law

Posted on December 05, 2007
Peter Brodhead joined the firm in 1980 and has been a partner since 1988. He is a certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He served as President of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers for the 2003-2004 term...

ConAgra Reintroduces Peter Pan

Posted on August 09, 2007
After several months off the shelves, Con Agra Foods announced today it would introduce Peter Pan, its flagship brand of peanut butter, back into the market place. Consumers will recall that a salmonella outbreak in February 2007 caused millions of jars to be pulled from shelves...

Sherwin-Williams Recalls Aerosol Cans Due to Risk of Serious Facial Injury

Posted on August 03, 2007
The CPSC and The Sherwin-Williams Co. are recalling about 3,000 Hi-Heat Aerosol Coating Cans because the cans can over-pressurize and explode, which poses a risk of serious facial or other injuries to consumers. So far Sherwin-Williams has received one report of a consumer who has suffered injuries...

New Brain Center to Open for Children in Cleveland

Posted on July 19, 2007
Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death in children. More than 2,200 cases of pediatric brain tumors are diagnosed each year. This week Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital of Cleveland announced it will will use one of its most significant gifts ever "to establish a pediatric brain tumor center, aiming to make the hospital a national research leader...

Shareholders Face Uphill Battle in Recovery of Losses From Securities Fraud

Posted on June 27, 2007
This week the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion which affirms the heightened standards that shareholders must meet in order to prove securities fraud against a publicly held corporation or its officers in the sale of its securities. Investors that want to sue companies like Enron, Worldcom, Tyco and others who have left investors high and dry after making false and misleading statements about the success and outlook for the company will continue to have their hands tied in efforts to obtain recourse against these wrongdoers...

Supreme Court Blocks Faith Based Initiative Suit

Posted on June 25, 2007
The US Supreme Court had yet another opportunity to show its Bush-based republicanism today when it refused to allow taxpayers to challenge the use of federal funds to support religous organizations and charities. A group of eight individuals brought the action hoping to reestablish the separation of church and state by preventing religious organizations from applying from federal money...

U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Sue Companies for Defrauding Investors

Posted on June 22, 2007
In a painful example of the pro-business, anti-consumer attitude of the current US Supreme Court, the Court ruled that investors who want to sue companies and executives for fraud have a higher burden to meet to get their case to court. The court on Thursday waded into the debate on the defendants' side...

Court of Claims Hears Evidence on Link Between Childhood Vaccinations and Autism

Posted on June 05, 2007
On June 11, the Federal Court of Claims will hear a case on which looks to establish a clear link between childhood vaccinations, specifically vaccinations which contain thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, and autism. If the court makes the connection, it will prove what many parents of autistic children have already believed to be true: that their child's autism is from the injection of mercury in the child's infancy...

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