Anyone who has had to cope with the death of a loved one in a car accident understands the sense of helplessness and grief that follows the tragedy. But when the death is one of a pattern caused by defects known to the manufacturer, the term accident can seem to some...
Cleveland woman dies in wrong-way car accident
The routine nature of driving often gives drivers and passengers a false sense of security. It's the familiarity of the act, the repetitive almost mundane aspect of traveling on the roads that breeds an attitude of invincibility. The cold truth is that car...
Ohio jury awards $39 million in wrongful death lawsuit
A Cleveland area jury recently awarded $39 million in a lawsuit for the death of a construction inspector who was killed in 2010 on I-271 while working on a highway repaving project. In the fatal accident, which occurred very late at night, the 41-year-old...
Jury awards Ohio family $5.4 million after son’s death
An Ohio couple was recently awarded $5,465,000 by a jury in a lawsuit stemming from a 2008 car accident in which their son was killed. Their son, who was in his last semester of college at the time of the accident, was struck by a truck that had failed to stop at a...