Just hours after a three-part strategy was unveiled to make Ohio a “right-to-work” state, GOP leadership in the Senate killed the idea. Senate President Keith Faber said in a statement Wednesday evening that the Senate’s “ambitious” agenda is focused on jobs and...
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More Than 100 Officers and Supervisors Face Discipline after Review of Deadly Cleveland Police Chase
More than a third of all Cleveland police patrol officers on duty the night of Nov. 29 could be reprimanded, suspended or even fired for ignoring supervisors’ orders, or abandoning their respective districts to join the deadly pursuit of two suspects, at speeds...
Selection of Grand Jury in Steubenville Case to Begin Next Week
Members of a grand jury will be selected the week of April 15 for the ongoing investigation into the Steubenville rape case. Two weeks after the grand jury is selected, evidence will be presented to contribute to the investigation. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine...
Ohio, Along with 12 Other States, Call for Contraceptive Exemption to Obamacare
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, along with 12 other state attorneys general, have urged the government to widen the spectrum of religious exemptions under Obamacare, claiming the policy violates religious freedoms. Basically, under this request, any employer who...
Cleveland Internet Cafes Were Illegal, According to Appellate Court
Three internet cafes in Cleveland have been ruled as illegal businesses that operated too similarly to casinos, by the state appellate court. The Ohio 8th District Court of Appeals court upheld gambling convictions obtained last year against the owner of Internet...
Woman in Chicago Leaves Scene of Fatal DUI Car Accident
A Chicago woman was found wandering drunkenly along a highway ramp near Lyons, Illinois last month, when police found her and asked her about a fatal car crash killing two women. The woman did not have a response. Lisa Elner, 44, is now in custody with a $2 million...
Wrongful Death Claims in Theater Shooting Should Be Tossed, Judge Says
A federal magistrate judge has recommended that the most serious allegations against the owner of the Century 16 Aurora movie theater- where deadly shootings took place on July 20, 2012- be thrown out. In an order issued last week, the judge stated that Colorado law...
Man’s Death Detailed in Newspaper Series ‘Beef’s Raw Edges’ Sparks Lawsuit
The family of Robert Danell, a Minnesota man with Down syndrome who died in 2010 after eating E. coli contaminated beef, has filed a lawsuit against three beef companies and several retailers. Danell’s story had first been told through several publications in The...
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Claiming Mother’s Pregnancy Drug Caused Her Four Children Cancer
In Boston, a lawsuit brought upon by four sisters claiming that their breast cancer was caused by a pregnancy drug their mother took in the 1950’s has been reached by Eli Lilly and Co. Many believe this lawsuit will spark a movement to solve other financial claims...
Brandon Duber Named 2013 Super Lawyers Rising Star
Congratulations to our very own Brandon Duber for being named one of Super Lawyers’ 2013 Rising Stars! Super Lawyers is a rating service that covers outstanding lawyers across 70 practice areas who have received a high degree of peer recognition and professional...