Families often pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to receive top-notch care for loved ones in nursing homes. However, the quality of care the residents receive is now always guaranteed to be top-notch. Sometimes residents are neglected or even abused, leading to serious injuries or even death. One woman is suing an Ohio nursing home after the staff's negligence allegedly led to the death of the man whose estate she is handling.
Violent incident leads to car accident on Dayton streets
From time to time, some Dayton drivers have to calm themselves down when other drivers raise their anxieties. Whether the other drivers are driving fast or slow, well or poorly, aggravating driving behaviors can cause fellow travelers to tense up and get mad because of the offending drivers' tactics. In some cases that anger boils up to a dangerous level and if it remains unchecked it can lead to dangerous incidents of road rage.
Posse member injured on the job denied workers' compensation
When Ohio workers are injured on the job, they expect to receive some form of benefits from their employer, namely, workers' compensation benefits. However, one man has been denied compensation after suffering gunshot wounds, while performing his job duties. The reason is because as a volunteer sheriff's posse member, he was not covered under any type of insurance.
Ohio VA wrongful death claims result in payouts exceeding $8M
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been under intense scrutiny in the past few years. There has been much controversy over the level of care that veterans receive at VA hospitals across the country. Ohio is no exception. The state has paid out more than $8 million in wrongful death claim settlements from 2001to 2012.