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• Widow Sues Over Death of Police Officer Husband

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 9:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  JuWanna E. Taylor is suing the Ohio Department of Public Safety and the State Highway Patrol with a wrongful death claim. Her husband, a police officer was killed in the line of duty.Eric B. Taylor, a police officer, was shot and killed by a man that the State Highway Patrol were pursuing. Taylor had responded to a call for help from the Patrol. The patrol was chasing after Donald Matthews on...

• Man Killed in Fall at Lorain Steel Mill

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 4:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Jose M. Diaz, age 35, died after slipping and falling from a narrow ledge while cleaning. He was climbing a small ladder onto a ledge when he either tripped or slipped on a steel rail. He fell 120 feet and died instantly from head and neck injuries. Diaz was employed by Superior Environmental Solutions. OSHA is investigating. The steel mill in Lorain has been cited 19 times in the last five...

• Dayton Animal Shelter Overrun by Pitbulls

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 3:46 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  The Montgomery County Animal Control Shelter is operating at 145 percent of capacity due to a recent intake of pit bulls. The pit bulls were seized in raids and need to be held while the cases work their way through court. It has cost approximately $60,000 to care for the animals since July. Some shelter workers have been bitten by the dogs as they break up fights and move the dogs for cage...

• Car Accident Kills Findlay Woman

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 3:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Tabitha S. Wilder, age 20, of Findlay was killed early Sunday morning. She was a back seat passenger in a 2004 Saturn being driven by Brandon Erme, age 19. Erme was crossing railroad tracks when he lost control of the vehicle, spun off the road, and then hit an electrical pole. The vehicle then went into the air. Wilder died at the scene. Another passenger Jonathan L. Young, age 20, was...

• Jury Decides on Money for Truck Driver Injured in Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | January 29, 2007 2:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A Washington, Ohio truck driver claims he was injured in a accident on January 11, 2002 near Clinton on U.S. 12. He sued the driver responsible for the accident for lost wages and pain and suffering. Daniel Terry Pitts was driving a pickup truck when he side swiped a tractor trailer. His truck then went into the path of the tractor trailer being driven by Steven Merritt. Merritt was almost...