Posts tagged Wrongful Death

• Spangenberg Attorneys Obtain $2,000,000.00 Verdict for Motor Vehicle Collision

  Nick DiCello | October 13, 2009 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On August 27, 2009, a Toledo jury returned a verdict in federal court in favor of the family of Thomas and Therese Lee in the amount of $2,000,000.00 plus funeral expenses. Tom and Tess Lee were...

• Three Ohio Women Killed in Head-On Collision in Oklahoma

  Nick DiCello | October 12, 2009 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today, October 12, 2009, we are reminded how dangerous, and deadly, a driver's inattention or inability to stay awake and alert behind the wheel can be. Tragically, the lives of four motorists,...

• Family of Ohio State University Freshman Who Was Crushed to Death by Elevator Sues University

  Nick DiCello | January 22, 2009 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Wrongful Death
  

  The civil justice attorneys at Spangenberg, Shibley & Liber, LLP have filed suit against the Ohio State University over the death of freshman, Andrew K. Polakowski, who was crushed to death by a...

• Hazing Kills

  Nick DiCello | December 11, 2008 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Wrongful Death
  

  All of us have likely seen or been involved in some form of hazing over the course of our lives. Indeed, making the new guy or gal earn his or her stripes is tradition in school, fraternities and...

• Don't Wait Too Long....Time Lines for Filing Suit

  Rebecca Castell | March 12, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is a clock ticking from the date you are injured....and it only hurts the victim. In Ohio, and every state, there is a "statute of limitations" which governs the amount of time which a victim has to file a complaint against the individual/s or company which caused him or her harm. This time period typically begins when the individual is injured, for example, when the car accident...

• Bluffton University Students Come to Grips with Grief After Bus Accident in Atlanta

  Jack Landskroner | March 05, 2007 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The injured students from the Bluffton University baseball team who were on the bus when it dropped 30 feet from a highway overpass are trying to recover from their physical injuries and come to grips with the loss four of their fellow players after the bus accident last week. At the same time students back on campus are also beginning the long road of managing the grief from the catastrophe. ...

• Defective Highway Design is Likely Factor in Injuries to Bluffton, Ohio Students

  Jack Landskroner | March 04, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The college students from Bluffton, Ohio involved in the horrific accident this week on Interstate 75 in Georgia, are not the first to be injured at this accident site. The highway exit ramp where a bus carrying an Ohio college baseball team wrecked has been the site of numerous crashes and can be difficult for drivers to navigate, a federal transportation official said. Kitty Higgins, who is...

• Nursing Homes And Wrongful Death

  Paul Grieco | February 24, 2007 5:20 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Each and every day families are faced with the decision as to whether to send a loved one to a nursing home for either temporary care and treatment or for permanent care. The decision making process is a very tough one and due to recent cases, which have demonstrated the inadequate care many patients receive at nursing homes, the decision must be made only after a thorough investigation is...

• Ford Worker Dies in Machine at Plant in 2nd Industrial Accident of Day

  Jack Landskroner | February 04, 2007 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Friday evening a worker at Ford's plant in Brookpark, Ohio was killed in an industrial accident when he fell into a machine. Francisco Fraticelli of Broadview Heights died from injuries to his chest, abdomen and pelvis after falling into a machine at Ford's casting plant. Fraticelli was a member of United Auto Workers Local 1250. The Union along with OSHA will be conducting an investigation ...

• Nursing Home Injuries and Neglect Continue to Be a National Concern

  Jack Landskroner | January 29, 2007 2:33 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Across the country we continue to hear horror stories of nursing home neglect and negligence often resulting in injury and the wrongful death of loved ones trusted to these facilities. Injuryboard lawyer Barry Doyle recently blogged on an unfortunate incident at a Kansas City nursing home where the facility was fined as a result of the death of a resident. The facility was using bed rails to...