Posts tagged general personal injury

• CNN Uncovers Auto Insurers Unfair Personal Injury and Property Damage Claims Practices and Bad Faith

  Scott Smith | March 01, 2007 12:35 PM | 2 CommentsColumbus, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An article on CNN.com determined "[I]f you are injured in a minor car crash, chances are good that you will be in the fight of your life to get the insurance company to pay all the medical costs you incur - - even if the accident was no fault of your own." (CNN.com, Auto Insurers Play Hardball in Minor-Crash Claims by Drew Griffin and Kathleen Johnston, February 9, 2007)CNN conducted an eighteen...

• Immediate Airplane Crash Investigation

  Scott Smith | August 11, 2007 9:50 AM | 1 CommentColumbus, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Using a combination of information from government organizations, Smith Phillips - Trial Lawyers immediately investigates all the events and circumstances surrounding a major aviation accident. Depending on the crash, our investigation could include gathering published news articles surrounding the incident, the accident record of a particular aircraft, airline or airport, detailed weather...

• $20 Million Verdict Against Allstate for Bad Faith

  Scott Smith | October 06, 2006 12:01 PM | 1 CommentColumbus, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An Indiana jury determined Allstate Insurance Company committed bad faith in failing to pay a man for losses due to injuries and damage to his car following a car crash and awarded the man $20 Million. The jury decided Ted Fields was in bad hands after applying for property damage and medical benefits under his Allstate policy following a car crash. Fields, age 50, who is now a retired...

• Plane Crash in Ohio Kills 4

  Jenny Albano | January 12, 2008 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  According to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department, A plane crash in northwest Ohio killed four people on Saturday, January 12 at around 1 P.M.Many different agencies, including The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department, the Fremont Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, and others responded to the scene of the crash.The crew of the twin-engine Cessna 340 announced their intention to land at the...

• Ohio Supreme Court; Damages Law

  Richard Schulte | January 01, 2008 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law last Thursday that limits how much a person injured by a defective product can collect in pain-and-suffering damages, reversing its stance on this important issue.Attorneys representing injured people and companies that support the concept of caps have followed the lawsuit filed by Melisa Arbino, a Cincinnati property manager, over the Ortho Evra Birth...

• Stun Gun Used on Pregnant Woman

  Richard Schulte | November 30, 2007 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  TROTWOOD, Ohio (AP) -- The FBI is investigating whether a policeman violated a pregnant woman's civil rights when he used a stun gun to subdue her, authorities in this Dayton suburb said Thursday.The woman had gone to the police department Nov. 18 asking police to take custody of her 1-year-old son, but tried to leave with the child after the officer started asking her questions, said Michael...

• Lead recalls

  Richard Schulte | October 04, 2007 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of three products containing excessive levels of lead. The products, which are being voluntarily recalled, include tabletop puppet theatres, bookmarks, and Halloween skull pails.The CPSC warns that paint used on parts of these products contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard and that...

• Heart Attacks in Kids

  Richard Schulte | October 02, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A report from Ohio doctors documenting nine cases over 11 years in kids as young as 12 says heart attacks in children are a rare but under-recognized problem. Dan Meter was among nine children included in a report by Drs. John Lane and Giora Ben-Shachar at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio. All were stricken between 1995 and 2006 and most were treated at the Akron hospital. Lane treated...

• Tainted-Beef Recalled for E. coli

  Richard Schulte | October 01, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Topps Meat Co.'s massive recall of frozen hamburger beef, it may have sickened 25 people in eight states.The food recall is the latest in a rash of E. coli-related callbacks this year, including tainted spinach and salad mixes. The USDA said it is unable to explain why there have been so many outbreaks.If you find any of the recalled meat in your freezer, the safest thing to do is throw it...

• Thai air crash kills 88

  Richard Schulte | September 17, 2007 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A budget airliner crashed while trying to land in driving rain and swirling wind, killing 89 people, 55 of them foreigners. A Forensic team from Israel will be arriving Tuesday.Three years after Phuket saw the largest forensic operation in history, Thai and foreign experts will join forces to identify the charred bodies from Sunday's plane crash on the Thai resort island.For more information on...