10 Car Accident Closes Intersection at Secor and Monroe After a Semi-Truck Loses Control On Friday, February 5th, 2022, several people were reportedly injured when a semi-trailer lost control at the intersection of Secor Road and Monroe Street in West Toledo.At least ten vehicles were involved in the crash and...
Travis Scott Astroworld Injury Lawsuits Combined
Hundreds of Travis Scott Injury Lawsuits Combined into One Giant Case On November 5th, 2021, at Travis Scott's Astroworld show in Houston, Texas, 10 attendees dies and hundreds were injured. The injuries and death were caused by a massive crowd swell and stampede from the 50,000+ attendees. Due to the injuries...
$50 Million Dollar Ohio Jury Verdict – Abbott, et al. vs. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co.
Ohio Jury Awards $50 Million Dollar Verdict in Personal Injury Case As Personal Injury Lawyers, the lawyers at Sawan & Sawan know how powerful a jury verdict can be. While many personal injury cases settle well before trial, many catastrophic injury cases end up in front of a jury. On February 27th, 2020,...
Biggest Jury Verdicts in Ohio History
Biggest Jury Verdicts in Ohio History As Personal Injury Trial Lawyers, the lawyers at Sawan & Sawan know how powerful a jury verdict can be. While many personal injury cases settle well before trial, many catastrophic injury cases end up in front of a jury. This is because many insurance...
Ohio Jury Awards $34.6 Million Dollars to Injured Victims in Truck Accident
Ohio Jury Awards $34.6 Million Dollars to Injured Victims in Truck Accident In one of the largest verdicts in Ohio history, a Cuyahoga County jury awarded $34.6 million dollars to a man involved in a serious truck accident. The case, captioned Kiara E. Torres, et al., v. Concrete Designs Inc.,...
Smith v. Erie Insurance Company 148 Ohio St.3d 192
Smith et al. v. Erie Insurance Company148 Ohio St.3d 192 Facts:Insured was driving late in the evening when another vehicle traveling the opposite direction, crossed the center line. This caused Insured to swerve off of the road, into several trees in order to avoid a collision. There was no physical...
Wyckoff Trucking v. Marsh Brothers Trucking Service 58 Ohio St.3d 261 (1991)
Wyckoff Trucking, Inc. et al. v. Marsh Brothers Trucking Service, Inc. et al.58 Ohio St.3d 261 (1991) Facts:Driver operated a tractor-trailer rig, which was owned by his employer Wyckoff Trucking. Wyckoff leased the rights to use Driver’s services and rig to C.J. Rogers Trucking Co. Rogers had exclusive possession and...
Damon’s Missouri, Inc. v. Davis et al. 63 Ohio St.3d 605 (1992)
Damon’s Missouri, Inc. v. Davis et al., 63 Ohio St.3d 605 (1992) Facts: Plaintiff is a restaurant chain who utilized Davis, an insurance broker and the president of Affiliated Risk, for all insurance matters. Prior to opening a new restaurant, Plaintiff gave Davis the lease for the building that the...
Albain v. Flower Hospital 50 Ohio St.3d 251 (1990)
Albain v. Flower Hospital, 50 Ohio St.3d 251 (1990) Facts:Plaintiff was eight months pregnant, when at approximately 1:30 p.m., she began bleeding vaginally. Paramedics took Plaintiff to Flower Hospital at 2:00 p.m. Plaintiff’s doctor was called (Crayne), but did not have staff privileges at Flower Hospital, so Plaintiff was put into...
Sarimento et al. v. Grange Mutual Casualty Company 106 Ohio St.3d 403 (2005)
Sarimento et al. v. Grange Mutual Casualty Company, 106 Ohio St.3d 403 (2005) Facts:Appellants (six individuals, including two minors) were driving in New Mexico when they were struck by a motor vehicle driven by an uninsured motorist. The Appellant’s truck was insured under an insurance contract with Apellee that was...
Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio et al. v. Swanson et al. 58 Ohio St. 3d 189 (1991)
Physicians Insurance Company of Ohio et al. v. Swanson et al.58 Ohio St. 3d 189 (1991) Facts:Two groups of teenage children were swimming in a small lake. Plaintiff’s group was composed of six children and insured’s group was composed of three. Upon exiting the lake, plaintiff’s group began insulting insured’s...
Medical Bills and Personal Injury Claims: Robinson v. Bates, 112 Ohio St.3d 17 (2006)
Robinson v. Bates, 112 Ohio St.3d 17 Facts:Landlord hired an outside contractor to do repair work on a deteriorating retaining wall on the side of Tenant’s driveway. The contractor removed the retaining wall, but left a concrete footer exposed. Although aware of the work by the contractor, Tenant stepped onto...
Hunter v. Progressive and Georgia Car Accident Law
Hunter v. Progressive and Georgia Car Accident Law In January of 2020, the Georgia Court of Appeals in the Second Division held that the insurance company does not have to raise underinsured/uninsured coverage limits unless requested. If you've been in a car accident, contact us today to speak with a...