Franklin residents might be interested in this case. Due to a medical error, a family involved in a botched kidney transplant has filed a lawsuit against the University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. According to the report, the Northwestern Ohio hospital accidentally disposed of a viable organ. The
Those in Franklin might be interested in hearing about this case involving a six-year-old girl who allegedly did not receive the care she needed to avoid a damaging brain injury. According to reports, the little girl suffered brain damage after going into cardiac arrest while being treated in the hospital
In Columbia Station, Ohio, a railroad crossing where four high school students died in a car accident is the scene of a $450,000 modification project to reduce the slope going towards the steep crossing. It is hoped the modifications will prevent future accidents. The four who died all attended Brunswick
A car accident on U.S. 35 took the life of a married couple on July 20. Their vehicle was struck by a Chevrolet Equinox SUV that strayed into its path. The SUV was being driven by a 59-year-old man from Kettering, Ohio. The SUV reportedly had passed approximately five other
Two Ohio car accidents took place recently near the same intersection in Columbus. In the first accident in December, the car plunge into a nearby pond, and the driver died from drowning. In the second accident, a similar submersion of the vehicle in the pond occurred, but luckily, the driver
A 15-year-old boy and his 37-year-old mother, both of whom were fishing at a pond on a farm, were hit by a truck that veered off the side of the road. The boy was pushed into the pond and killed, and the mother was hospitalized with moderate injuries. The Ohio
The Ohio Department of Transportation recently released statistics that show over a one-third of all pedestrians killed in Ohio car accidents were considered legally intoxicated at the time. The figures summarize pedestrian deaths in 2011. In one younger group of pedestrians, those between the ages of 25 to 34, 50
Franklin, Ohio, residents might be interested in this news report of a lawsuit against Opulence Aesthetic Medicine and its parent company, CLJ Healthcare LLC, for the wrongful death of a 37-year-old woman in February, followed by a second in June. The case focuses on the 37-year-old woman, as it was
All the family wanted was a nice vacation on a cruise ship. It turned into a nightmare, though, when a couple’s 9-year-old son was injured playing a kids’ game onboard, and had to be rushed off the vessel for emergency brain surgery at a hospital. The ship, operated by Royal
In Florida, five lawyers have recently filed separate lawsuits in state and federal courts in an effort to overturn a new law designated to better protect doctors facing medical malpractice lawsuits. According to an article on law360.com, “the lawsuits claim that the law that went into effect violates the rights