Jury members deliberated until well after dark Friday on a civil case before decid ing a local physician was at fault for the negligible death of two young boys. The 3-year-old males, Anthony and Joshua Legge, both died from respiratory distress after a tonsillectomy...
An Ohio State University freshman who had both his legs amputated last spring after he became infected with a flesh-eating bacteria has sued many of the doctors and nurses who treated him and the hospitals that employ them. More than 20 parties are named in the...
It's killing season in election year 2004. Special-interest groups have been lambasting trial lawyers, blaming these so-called "predators" for higher health insurance premiums and fewer specialty physicians. This year, the outcry is louder than ever because Democratic...
A decision yesterday by the U.S. Supreme Court is good news for hundreds of Ohio women seeking damages from the makers of hormone-replacement drugs that they blame for causing their breast cancer, a Columbus attorney says. "It's a nice boost," said one of a legal team...
Jury finds doctor guilty in case, but that won't bring 3-year-olds back No matter what he does, no matter how hard he tries to forget, Shannon Legge still hears the screams. In the quiet of his home, in the middle of the night, his wife cried out his name. Jenny Legge...
Although judicial elections tend to attract far less notice than top-of-the-ticket races, the scandalous "justice for sale" financing of Republican candidates to Ohio's top court cries out for attention. The Democratic party is fielding two excellent candidates, Chief...
Attorney Gerald Leeseberg has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in America forPersonal Injury Litigation in its 2013 edition. This honor marks the fifteenth consecutive year Mr. Leeseberg has been granted such distinction. He has proven to be a...
"You are deluding yourself about the Court," said the priest. "[T]hat particular delusion is described thus: before the Law stands a doorkeeper. To this doorkeeper there comes a man from the country who begs for admittance to the Law. But the doorkeeper says that he...
I have been asked why I want to take part in the discussions when the state legislature considers changes to our civil justice system in Tennessee. I am certainly aware of the ideological boxes that advocates like to put folks in when it comes to "tort reform."...
Susan Saladoff's documentary is entertaining and informative, vividly illuminating the wrongs of systems like tort reform. PARK CITY - Hot Coffee is strong brew, a scalding documentary on tort reform that should stir up your blood pressure faster than a triple...
