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• Family of five suffers wrongful death in drunk driving car accident

  Anneke Kurt | December 31, 2007 2:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  Our Toledo, Ohio, personal injury attorneys see the devastating effects drunk driving and DUIs have on families and urge drivers not to drink and drive. New Year's Eve is a popular night for parties and family gatherings, many of which serve alcohol. If you plan on consuming alcohol this New Year's Eve, please designate a driver. Our attorneys encourage drivers to set aside extra money for a cab...

• Are elderly drivers to blame for car accidents resulting in wrongful death?

  Anneke Kurt | December 28, 2007 4:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Wrongful death caused by car accidents involving elderly drivers is currently at the same rate of death caused by teenage drivers, with an average of three deaths per 100 million drivers, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Personal injuries from car accidents are also on the rise as the baby boomers age. Many elderly drivers hang on to driving as a way to preserve their...

• Serious personal injury, wrongful death blamed on pit bull attacks

  Anneke Kurt | December 27, 2007 6:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  Pit bull attacks and the resulting dog bites almost always cause open wounds and scarring, many times to the faces of young kids. Pit bulls have a tendency to not show any signs of aggression before they attack. Their hair does not stand on end, nor to they growl or bark prior to biting someone. The adrenaline in a pit bull does not stop during an attack. This means that a pit bull will...

• How to protect yourself from a motorcycle accident

  Anneke Kurt | December 18, 2007 5:10 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  Over 4,800 people in 2006 suffered wrongful death as a result of motorcycle accidents in the United States, with the number of fatalities increasing every year for the past nine years, according to the Insurance Information Institute.The risk of a car accident or motorcycle accident is higher for those riding bikes, since there is no barrier between the rider and the road. Motorcycle accidents...

• Social security disability for those with personal injury wait longer for appeal than in past years

  Anneke Kurt | December 13, 2007 2:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Those whose personal injuries have prevented them from performing "any kind of substantial work" for at least 12 months can claim social security disability. As reported by the New York Times, the injured must prove that he cannot work in any job setting, or prove that the illness or personal injury is expected "to result in death." Yet during the wait for a social security disability hearing,...

• Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorney may require certain documents in event of car accident

  Anneke Kurt | December 11, 2007 9:45 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It is possible to have a power of attorney outside of the attorney-client relationship, and questions surrounding documents of this type are addressed in Attorney Dale Emch's December 9, 2007 Toledo Blade column, "Legal Briefs." In the event of personal injury due to a car accident, it is often necessary for our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys to have clients sign a power of attorney to...

• Two children suffer personal injury from truck accident

  Anneke Kurt | December 07, 2007 4:53 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Our Toledo, Ohio truck accident attorneys see firsthand the affects personal injury resulting from a truck accident can have on a family. Truck accidents involving semi-tractor trailers, can cause devastating personal injury or even wrongful death. At least three people suffered personal injury in Fulton County on Wednesday, after two semi-trucks and an SUV collided in a truck accident,...

• Workers compensation discussed during interview with Toledo, Ohio workers compensation attorney Chuck Boyk

  Anneke Kurt | December 04, 2007 5:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Chuck Boyk, a Toledo, Ohio workers compensation attorney, has handled over 1000 workers compensation cases in the past ten years, representing indisputably injured workers. Toledo, Ohio workers compensation attorney Chuck Boyk was interviewed earlier this month on Channel 13 ABC in a special report on workers compensation. Workers compensation is paid when a person injured at work files a claim...