The last time that the state raised the minimum amount of auto insurance a driver must carry, a Ford Gran Torino cost $3,200. Now those levels are poised to increase for the first time since 1969. Under a law that will take effect in December, minimum-insurance...
By Gerald S. Leeseberg, Columbus Medical Malpractice LawyerFor Publication in Ohio Trial Magazine The Supreme Court has recently published for comment proposed changes to Civil Rule 10, governing affidavits of merit in medical claims, as well as some changes to the...
For years, the public has been fed a giant misinformation campaign designed to convince people that their constitutional right to file a lawsuit, when they have been injured or harmed, should be restricted or eliminated. Much of that campaign seeks to get people to...
A London, Kentucky hospital and 11 cardiologists performed over 3,000 unnecessary cardiac catheterization surgeries and countless other heart procedures on healthy patients. These unfortunate victims of medical malpractice will now be required to take dangerous...
Several years ago the legislature capped financial awards for medical malpractice lawsuits and now the state's largest physician group wants lawmakers to expand legal protections for doctors into additional areas. The Ohio State Medical Association wants the General...
Lawyers can help facilitate changes that affect our society. Those changes can be either small or seismic but attorneys must realize the impact they can make on those who are charged with rendering verdicts and enacting legislation. This was Gerald Leesebergs message...
A former Upper Arlington High School rower and his parents have settled lawsuits they filed against a hospital and doctors after flesh-eating bacteria led to the amputation of his legs. Steven "Blake" Haxton, now 21, was a senior captain of the rowing team when pain...
Heart Disease is Costly - Cardiac Care Is A Money-Making Machine That Too Often Favors Profit Over Science As baby boomers hit their 60s and heart disease remains the No. 1 killer of all U.S. adults, it's no surprise that ads exploiting people's concerns about their...
Editor's Note: Recently, Ellen Hobbs Hirshman [EHH] hosted a "roundtable" conference call with three plaintiffs' lawyers, one defense lawyer, and a judge, to discuss obstructionist tactics during depositions, and how to handle them. The plaintiffs' attorneys were...
would like to express our gratitude at being able to assist Neal Aquino's family in obtaining a settlement that has helped them establish a fund in his honor and memory. When Alumni Weekend takes place May 13-15, 2011, an alum from the...
