Tort reform, especially damage caps, has hampered victims access to the legal system to obtain just compensation for their injuries, but has it played a role in allowing automakers hide defects? According to a piece in the New York Times, some auto accident victim's experience with the legal system because of the tort reform damage caps, […]
It's that time of year when even the most stalwart begin taking down the holiday decorations. One of the nice things about those decorations is the family history, some being passed on from generation to generation. A couple weeks ago, the Telegraph published an interesting warning about those older decorations, specifically the ones dating to […]
A couple weeks ago, I posted a review on the 10th District's determination that injuring a patient during transport to a dining facility in a nursing home was not a medical claim for the purposes of determining the statute of limitations. I advised keeping the decision on file to deal with the affidavit of merit […]
In Pearson v. City of Columbus, released last week, the Tenth District clarified the standard with respect to "John Doe" pleading and held that as long as the complaint is filed within the statute of limitations, the plaintiff may amend the complaint to substitute a fictitiously named defendant within one year of the filing. Although it […]
The Eighth District released an interesting decision last week in Link v. FirstEnergy Corp., 2014-Ohio-5432, in part holding that both plaintiff and the defendant waived jury inconsistencies within the verdict by failing to raise the issue before the panel was discharged. It is not an entirely novel issue, but the case includes good analysis on […]
