Miscellaneous

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

  Anneke Kurt | October 25, 2007 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  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 CommentsFindlay, OH

  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,...

• Avoid Labor Day firework injuries

  Chuck Boyk | August 28, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  Summer is coming to an end, bringing one last chance for kids and adults to set off fireworks this Labor Day in Toledo, Ohio. Though fireworks can add thrills to an outdoor gathering, they also have the potential to cause personal injuries.Although consumer fireworks can be bought in the state of Ohio, it is against the law to discharge them, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce's State...

• Tell lawyer the truth - hiding information can kill your case

  Chuck Boyk | August 13, 2007 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  Not being truthful to your attorney is one of the dumbest things you can do as a client. The attorney's job is to help you solve your problem. Obtaining all relevant information, both good and bad, is critical to do that job.Attorney-client privilege allows the most sensitive discussion with the attorney to remain confidential. If the client does not feel comfortable disclosing sensitive...

• Talk to lawyer before signing medical authorization forms

  Chuck Boyk | August 06, 2007 12:07 AM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  I often am hired to represent a client several months after the accident. The client has already signed a medical authorization for the insurance company to obtain medical records. Medical and personal issues that an individual would not disclose to anyone but their doctor are now open for scrutiny. I then send the insurance company a letter canceling the medical authorization and requesting...

• Failure to record doesn't wipe out contractual obligations

  Dale Emch | July 23, 2007 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  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...

• Nurses Face Violence at Work

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  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...

• Judge who filed $54 million lawsuit over lost pants lost his lawsuit - the legal profession lost much more

  Dale Emch | June 25, 2007 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  An administrative law judge who filed a $54 million lawsuit after claiming his dry cleaners lost his pants lost his case today. Reason obviously prevailed.The lawsuit was an embarrassment for all lawyers - not just trial lawyers - because it did further damage to our profession. It allowed the people who are trying to curtail the rights of the injured and wronged to point to an obvious abuse as...

• Legal problems won't go away by ignoring them

  Dale Emch | June 18, 2007 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  Nobody likes to receive legal documents in the mail, but ignoring them and hoping the issue will go away can spell big trouble.That's the answer I gave in my most recent column in the Toledo Blade to a reader who had received what I suspect was a complaint and summons more than a year ago. The reader wondered whether she still had to respond because so much time had gone by and she hadn't heard...

• Findlay judges can order visitation for grandparents

  Dale Emch | May 15, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  It's heart-breaking when grandparents are cut off from visiting their grandchildren just because there's a conflict with the parent. Grandparents can get court-ordered visitation, but it's not easy, as I explained in my Toledo Blade newspaper column on Sunday.Judges base their decisions on whatever is in the best interest of the child. That said, judges also must give special weight to the...