Miscellaneous

• Tips On Choosing a Lawyer in Ohio

  Nick DiCello | May 07, 2008 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Choosing a lawyer to serve as your legal representative in a dispute or negotiation is a big and important decision. After all, your lawyer, in addition to advising you, acts as your face and...

• Prepayment Penalties - Are You Overpaying?

  Nick DiCello | April 28, 2008 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  By now all of us are at least marginally familiar with the problems stemming form the "Sub-Prime Mortgage Meltdown" in the United States. Those of us in certain areas of the counrty have seen the...

• Ohio Damage Caps - An Assault on Our Right to Trial by Jury

  Nick DiCello | April 25, 2008 1:06 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  One of the things that makes the United States such a great country is our jury system. Our jury system constitutes the most direct form of self-governance in the world. Not even our votes at the...

• Whistleblower Suits - Overview of the Federal False Claims Act

  Nick DiCello | April 24, 2008 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The federal False Claims Act (FCA) authorizes a private citizen with knowledge of fraudulent claims against the government to file suit on behalf of the government against the party who submitted...

• Is Ohio home-intruder law a good idea?

  Internal Administrator | April 19, 2008 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  On April 16, 2008, Ohio's Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 184 which presumes that a home's resident acted in self-defense if he or shes uses force against someone who unlawfully enters his or...

• Us Ohioans Pay Too Much for Our Medical Records

  Nick DiCello | April 17, 2008 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Health care costs in the United States are rising at an alarming pace. Millions of Americans cannot afford adequate health care. Adding insult to injury, Ohio authorizes doctors, hospitals and...

• Ohio Prohibits Insurers from Denying Claims and Cancelling Coverage Unless They Clearly Prove Fraud By The Insured

  Nick DiCello | April 14, 2008 11:04 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Every day Ohioans join the ranks of the uninsured and are denied health insurance benefits because carriers allege they misrepresented their health histories on insurance applications. Indeed, many...

• Ohio's New Minimum Wage Laws

  Internal Administrator | April 08, 2008 6:27 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  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...

• Nursing Home Residents Beware

  Halli Brownfield | March 26, 2008 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  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. Residents and their loved ones should be aware of common forms of abuse...

• Recovery Against Bars for the Conduct of Drunk Patrons

  Halli Brownfield | February 26, 2008 3:12 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  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...