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A CSX train derailed in northeastern Ohio in Painesville, starting a large fire and forcing about a half-mile area around the fire to be evacuated. The train was carrying toxic chemicals that spilled everywhere, although no injuries were immediately reported. Witnesses also reported seeing a tanker from the train explode, with flames shooting high into the air. The other hazardous chemicals in...

• If you ride a motorcycle, always wear a helmet. Helmets are your best defense against serious and fatal brain injuries.• In additions to your helmet, wear eye and fact protection. Many helmets have built-in visors or other face guards. Wear long pants, gloves, boots and a durable long-sleeved jacket.• Get licensed. All states require a motorcycle license.• Never drink alcohol...

In Ohio, motorcyclists are subject to the same speed restrictions as other vehicles. All motorcyclists are required to drive at a speed that is reasonable and prudent. Ohio Revised Code §4509.11. Any speed in excess of the following speeds is evidence of unreasonable driving:• 20 mph approaching a school crossing• 55 mph in other locations O.R.C. Ann. §4509.11Approximately 2000...

A boy out for a ride on his bicycle in Danville was struck by a car last week Tuesday. He may have ridden into the path of the car and the car did not have time to stop. The victim was 11-years-old and suffered from numerous injuries according to his mother. "He has a titanium rod in his femur and a broken collarbone," she said. "He also had a large laceration on his top lip that took...

When a lawsuit is brought for damages caused by a car crash, the judge or jury must decide who caused the accident, since more than one person may have been negligent (fault), including the person who is bringing the lawsuit. Once the amount or percentage of negligence has been determined for each person, damages are awarded as determined by what system of fault the state follows. There are...

Constantly looking for a scape goat, big business, big media and insurance companies have targeted trial lawyers and injured persons seeking compensation as villains who negatively effect the economy. Regardless of the propaganda that constantly spews from the Chamber of Commerce, there is a continuous outpouring of evidence that the cost of personal injury automobile insurance litigation and...

Website InsuranceHotline.com, conducted a study that demonstrated individuals with certain zodiac signs were more likely to be involved in car crashes, yet another example of the insurance industry's arbitrary and less than sophisticated means of determining auto insurance rates. InsuranaceHotline.com quotes drivers on insurance rates and conducted a study that included 100,000 North Americans...

Most of America is badly misinformed about what is really happening in our Courts and hospitals. Is the nation experiencing a plethora of runaway verdicts or is there really a run on insurance profits? Are we losing doctors due to high insurance premiums caused by frivolous lawsuits or is the insurance industry fooling us all?Surprisingly, the facts are clear. As a representative example, in...

Because a 1953 Ohio insurance law permits health insurance companies to deny claims for injuries that result from alcohol or drug use, emergency room doctors and nurses don't test patients for fear the costs of the procedure would be denied. Accordingly, many hospitals don't routinely test patients for drug or alcohol use and won't until the law is overturned. Of course, if the ingestion of...

For years Allstate Insurance has claimed you are in good hands if you are an insured with their company. However, this mantra belies Allstate's deceptive claims practices and defiance of Court Orders. In the early 1990s Allstate retained the services of McKinsey and Company in reengineering its auto accident insurance claims operations. The story of Allstate's scorched earth claims practice...

What the Ohio Supreme Court giveth, the Ohio legislature taketh away. A recent Ohio Supreme Court Decision confirmed that Ohio's Consumer Sales Practice Act (CSPA), a thirty year old consumer protection law, allowed defrauded consumers to sue for non-economic damages like stress, aggravation and humiliation when unfairly taken advantage of by a business. Whitaker v. N.T. Automotive, Inc. 111...

A study recently released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the Virginia Technical Transportation Institute found that a driver's odds of being involved in an automobile crash or nearly crashing are twice as high when the driver looks away from the road for 2 seconds or longer. The study revealed distracted driving is nearly as serious a factor as impaired driving or speeding in...

Often car collisions occur when a person operating a motor vehicle crashes into the back of vehicle traveling in the same direction. When the police arrive, a citation is usually written stating the person who struck the vehicle failed to maintain an assured clear distance ahead. What does this mean? Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.21(A), as part of the written laws of Ohio, states "No person...

An Indiana jury determined Allstate Insurance Company committed bad faith in failing to pay a man for losses due to injuries and damage to his car following a car crash and awarded the man $20 Million. The jury decided Ted Fields was in bad hands after applying for property damage and medical benefits under his Allstate policy following a car crash. Fields, age 50, who is now a retired...

Derek Jacobs, who at age 12, became certified by Microsoft to engineer systems for corporate computer networks died when he lost control of his motorcycle crashing into a guardrail and pole. Derek was the first national recipient of an identification chip implant that stores medical data. Derek was wearing a helmet at the time of the collison but was catapulted upon impact. Derek was scheduled...