Youngstown OH Personal Injury Law Blog

"There is no future for him anymore," says a devastated father regarding the condition of his son -- wheelchair-bound, vision and hearing impaired, and brain damaged. The family has filed suit on the grounds of premises liability in the wake of a tree branch that feel from a rotted oak and struck the teen. Intelligent and athletic, the boy's hopes for a bright future were dimmed in an instant.

According to The New York Times, in New York in the last five years, there have been 51 injuries, including 2 deaths, from falling tree limbs. These accidents are not indigenous to New York; a falling tree limb can be a serious liability in Ohio as well.

Under Ohio law, each business in the state must possess and maintain some form of workers' compensation insurance to cover an injured worker in the event of a work-induced accident or illness. However, many in Ohio may still be wondering what the first course of action they should take should they need workers' comp.

The most immediate action to be taken is to understand your employer's workers' comp coverage. Often, each company will have a brochure detailing the benefits available. It would behoove any employee to know in what capacity they are covered in the event they need it.

As detailed in previous posts, the link between concussions and permanent brain injury is becoming more readily apparent. Presently, there are over 50 lawsuits encompassing over 1,200 former NFL players over the resulting brain damage sustained due to the high-contact sport.

The lasting affects range from all the way from dementia in the most severe of cases, to ailments such as impaired short-term memory. Reportedly, several players have taken their lives due to the onset of depression, some point to a link between the mood disorder and brain injury.

A reportedly self-sustaining 49-year-old Ohio man that was quiet and kept to himself was shot and killed when officers raided his Ohio home in Feb. 2007. Reportedly, authorities had obtained a search warranted that stated that the premises that the Ohio man lived on possessed stolen goods, including baby clothes and baby furniture, from an area Walmart. However, the man was not even the target of the raid. The warrant even stated that victim was only a resident of the property.

Reportedly, authorities did not announce themselves before their raid so the Ohio man began shooting, apparently unaware of what was happening and why authorities were entering his home. Consequently, when police began firing in return, the Ohio man caught two bullets to the chest which proved fatal according to the coroner. His family filed a wrongful death claim against authorities.