When you suffer serious injuries in an accident or are the victim of medical malpractice, your life changes in an instant. In the midst of your ordeal, you may decide to hire a personal injury attorney. You want to have a good relationship with your attorney. Here are...
Suffering a serious injury in an auto accident or other incident can affect your life in many ways. Under Ohio law, you may be entitled to damages (financial compensation) if your injuries were directly caused by someone else's negligence. The law recognizes multiple...
PRESS RELEASE Family Sues Navien, Inc. and Carr Supply Co. Over Carbon Monoxide Deaths Linked to Tankless Water Heater For Immediate Release September 8, 2020 Contacts: Jacob Beausay, Beausay & Nichols Law Firm [email protected].com [nap_phone...
Can children under the age of 18 be “negligent”? Recall that negligence is the failure to exercise ordinary care for the safety of others. Well, the answer is: It depends how old the minor is. Infants under seven years of age are “incapable of negligence”; children...
RC 2307.60 allows for the recovery of monetary compensation for criminal acts, including attorney fees and punitive damages if the plaintiff has ample evidence. Must the defendant be convicted of the crime for the statute to apply? The Ohio Supreme Court says no. In...
Under RC 2744.02(A)(1), political subdivisions and their employees are immune from tort liability (meaning legal responsibility for personal injury and property damage) in performing either a governmental or proprietary function, subject to certain exceptions....
With the advent of tort reform in Ohio and other factors (including the exorbitant cost of taking some cases to trial), there has been “a precipitous decline in civil trials across Ohio.” See Ohio Trial, page 12. Parties are thus choosing to resolve their disputes in...
Ever wonder if radar speed-detection is admissible in Ohio? Well it is! Not only is it admissible, the prosecutor does not have to call an expert to support the technology. In Brook Park v. Rodojev, 2020-Ohio-3253, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld the admissibility of...
We handle cases on a “contingent fee” basis, which means our fee is “contingent” (or dependent) on the outcome of your case. In other words, we don’t get paid unless your case settles or goes to trial and wins. What is a typical contingent fee? Most lawyers charge 33%...
Lying to your insurance company in the application process is never a good idea. For example, when you apply for auto insurance, your auto carrier might ask who all lives with you (in order to determine who all might be driving the car). If someone is living with you,...
