It has been a winter of treacherous road conditions in Ohio and the rest of the Midwest and East. Ohioans who have driven on the Pennsylvania Turnpike know that it is a major route for commercial trucks. On Valentine’s Day, the icy, snowy conditions led to two multi-vehicle collisions that
Falls among elderly people and car crashes are among the significant causes of many major injuries in Ohio and around the nation. Contrary to what some may believe, falls are actually the leading cause of spinal cord injuries, outdistancing car accidents. Statistics also indicate that the number of spinal cord
The University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) recently settled a lawsuit brought by a patient who claims the hospital performed radiotherapy to the wrong parts of her body. The plaintifff, who was suffering from cervical and endometrial cancer, will receive $200,000 but UTMC has not admitted any wrongdoing. Wrong-site surgeries
An Ohio man with a history of alcohol and drug-related criminal charges dating back close to 20 years has been charged in the death of a popular Cincinnati teacher. The victim was riding his bicycle on Round Bottom Road in Union, Ohio, when the defendant allegedly struck him with his
On February 11th, a woman received the maximum sentence allowed for a drunk driving accident that killed local Ohio lawyer, Annie Rooney. Drunk at the time and with high levels of marijuana in her system, the driver left a bar last July and ran three stoplights before eventually crossing Rt.
The family of Silvino Perez recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Pervaiz Chaudhry, after the surgeon allegedly left the room mid-surgery to attend an offsite luncheon. The suit states that the physician left an unqualified physician’s assistant (PA) to sew up the 71-year-old patient. When Perez’s heart stopped,
A man has filed suit against his former doctor for failing to diagnose a bone infection. The defendant performed orthopedic surgery on the plaintifff, aiming to increase the flexibility of his knee and decrease pain. Unfortunately, the knee pain and poor range of motion continued so the plaintifff sought the
Parents of a severely disabled boy with cerebral palsy are expected to recover $9 million after settling their lawsuit against the hospital where he was born. The mother was considered a high-risk pregnancy because she had a history of miscarriages and a difficult birth of her first child. She had
A Lisbon, Ohio, man was sentenced to four years in prison as well as four additional years of probation for fatally hitting a 9-year-old girl in Salem and leaving her on the road. The 29-year-old man had pleaded guilty to charges of “aggravated vehicular homicide and failure to stop after
Criminal charges have been filed against a Fairfield, Ohio, woman who prosecutors claim furnished intoxicating beverages at a New Year’s Eve party at her home to underage friends of her daughter. A 20-year-old male who attended the party drove off in his Ford Mustang early on New Year’s Day and