by Allen Schulman | Dec 29, 2013 | Brain Injuries, Product Liability
On October 12, 1986, 7-year old Derek Wilson was playing with neighbor children using a toy called the “Franklin Power Hit Batting Tee”. The toy was designed to allow a child to practice hitting a ball. An elastic string was attached to the ball and then...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 29, 2013 | Auto Crashes, Wrongful Death
The family of a Canton man who died when a car smashed into his bakery truck at 80 mph will receive a $1.25 million settlement from the bakery’s insurance company. Sheldon Gotschall was making a delivery for Norcia Bakery July 3 at The Strip in Jackson Township...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 29, 2013 | Auto Crashes, Motorcycles
A $1 million motorcycle accident settlement was agreed upon is a case where a truck driver, trying to change lanes, hit a man riding his motorcycle. The truck driver, operating his employer’s truck, was in the left-turn lane when the driver changed his mind and...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 29, 2013 | Birth Injuries
The underlying medical malpractice action was filed by Plaintiffs, Tonya and Martin Roemmele, parents of Brianna Roemmele, against Defendants, Akron General Medical Center, Thomas Ruzics, M.D. and his medical group, Women’s Care OB/GYN, Inc. The suit involved...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 29, 2013 | Birth Injuries
When mother-to-be, Evelyn Gatlin, presented to the hospital to deliver her baby, she had no idea that following the delivery, her baby daughter, Morgan Vance, would be left with permanent paralysis in her left arm. The obstetrician who delivered Morgan failed to...
by Allen Schulman | Feb 3, 2013 | News, Starred, Workplace Injuries, Wrongful Death
Truck driver Bob Romig and his family had no idea that as he left the Worthington Cylinder plant in Jefferson Ohio on June 20, 2005 his trailer had been loaded in violation of Worthington company rules or that twenty four hours later that negligence would cause Bob to...