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• Stay safe this Halloween, avoid personal injury

  Anneke Kurt | October 30, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It is important to beware of the personal injury or wrongful death that can result from not being cautious on Halloween. Car accidents involving pedestrians, slip and falls accidents from costumes, or fires started by jack-o-lanterns are all contributing factors leading to childhood personal injury or, sadly, wrongful death. According to the Center for Disease Control, the number of childhood...

• Bumbo baby-sitter seats can cause personal injury to children

  Anneke Kurt | October 25, 2007 10:08 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  One million Bumbo baby seats are being pulled off shelves until the manufacturer can add better warning labels to packaging. According to ConsumerReports.org, 28 babies have sustained personal injuries after falling out of these popular so-called "baby-sitter" seats and three of the Bumbo seat injuries caused serious skull fractures. The Consumer Product Safety Commission states: "If the seat is...

• Can family members remove items from an estate without permission?

  Anneke Kurt | October 19, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Deaths in the family are commonly tragic and confusing events. Many questions can arise surrounding the estate, especially involving the items in and around the home of the deceased that are not included in a will. Our Toledo, Ohio estate planning attorneys understand the difficult questions surviving family members may have. Below is an excerpt from Attorney Dale Emch's Toledo Blade column,...

• Car accident causes wrongful death of Toledo newborn

  Anneke Kurt | October 09, 2007 5:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Car accidents are the number one killer of children in the U.S., and many of these tragic wrongful deaths are caused by improper use of car safety seats. A 1-month-old Toledo newborn suffered a wrongful death on Saturday, after a school bus struck her family's minivan in south Toledo, according to the Toledo Blade. The baby was sitting on her grandmother's lap during the car accident. Our...

• Deer-auto accidents cause personal injury during Fall months

  Anneke Kurt | October 03, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  An abundance of deer in the Midwest, especially during the fall season, cause more than 28,000 car accidents per year in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation, causing many of the car accidents in October, November and December to have nothing to do with the weather. Often resulting in personal injury or sometimes even fatalities, these accidents more than triple during the...