by Allen Schulman | Jul 17, 2014 | Cases Making News, Wrongful Death
A Portage County judge issued a $7.2 million ruling against Amerigas in a civil lawsuit stemming from a massive explosion that killed two people and leveled a house in the Mogadore area in 2011. A judge in Portage County has ordered a propane company to pay $7.2...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 30, 2013 | Wrongful Death
On the evening of April 1, 1990, Teresa Hicks and her daughters, Melissa and Kimberly, were travelling down a Union County, Ohio roadway when they collided with a Conrail train at a railroad crossing which was unequipped with flashing lights, gates or other automatic...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 30, 2013 | Wrongful Death
On the morning of May 6, 1994, Thomas Gollihue was driving a Laidlaw sanitation truck for his employer south on Currier Road in Union County. His fellow employee, Bernard Garrett, was riding as a passenger. Currier Road runs parallel with railroad tracks owned by...
by Allen Schulman | Dec 29, 2013 | Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death
On May 15, 1989, 38-year old Gracie Kennard, wife and mother of two children, presented to the hospital with complaints of rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath. Gracie was sent home but returned later that night with her husband who described what he felt was...
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 | 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...
