InjuryBoard Findlay Archives

• Motorcycle safety classes can cut down on accidents

  Dale Emch | July 31, 2007 12:02 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  The sunny weather we've been enjoying draws motorcyclists out to the streets. But with more bikes on the road, there are bound to be more accidents in Findlay, Toledo, and throughout northwest Ohio.Two accidents occurred in northwest Ohio on Sunday. In Hancock County, near Arlington, Ohio, Perry Fletcher was riding his motorcycle on Madison Township Road 177 when a minivan backed out of a...

• Recorded statements to insurance companies can hurt your case

  Chuck Boyk | July 30, 2007 12:01 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A major mistake that I have found in my 24 years as a Toledo, Ohio, auto accident attorney is unrepresented people giving recorded statements to the insurance adjusters. The goal of the insurance adjuster is to lock the injured person into a set of facts that can be used to discredit the victim and their injury. This helps the insurance company pay less money.After I am hired to protect the...

• If you're hurt, go see your doc

  Chuck Boyk | July 27, 2007 12:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It always bothers me, after 24 years as a personal injury attorney in Findlay, Toledo and throughout northwest Ohio, to see clients destroy their cases by not getting consistent treatment for their injuries.I am a strong believer that actions speak louder than words. Someone who is legitimately hurt seeks medical treatment in a consistent and timely matter. A client has a duty to ask tough...

• Failure to record doesn't wipe out contractual obligations

  Dale Emch | July 23, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Sellers under land contract deals have a number of responsibilities they must meet in order to be in compliance with Ohio law.This week in my Legal Briefs column in the Toledo Blade, a reader asked whether his failure to record a land contract within 20 days as required by law would stop him from enforcing the contract.Despite the requirement, various state courts have decided that failing to...

• Whiplash injuries are no joke for the person in pain

  Dale Emch | July 18, 2007 8:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Despite being the subject of numerous lawyer jokes, whiplash injuries can cause pain that lasts for years.The lawyers in our offices, which are located in Toledo, Findlay, Swanton, and Bowling Green, have handled thousands of soft-tissue injury cases for clients who have had their heads snap forward and back after being struck in a rear-end collision. Most people rebound after a short-period of...

• Nurses Face Violence at Work

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  According to experts, nurses are often physically assaulted at work. Fifty percent of nurses surveyed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) said they had been punched at least once in a two year period. Other nurses have claimed they have been strangled, sexually assaulted, and even stuck with contaminated needles.A national survey conducted by the Emergency Nurses Association found...