Miscellaneous

• Grandparents in Sandusky can seek visitation, but it's an uphill battle

  Dale Emch | May 15, 2007 5:16 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  Grandparents have approached our office about seeking visitation with their grandchildren. We tell them it's possible, but it's not a sure thing. Dale Emch addressed the issue Sunday in his Toledo Blade newspaper column.Judges base their decisions on whatever is in the best interest of the child. That said, judges also must give special weight to the wishes of the parents. The U.S. Supreme Court...

• Inspections crucial when buying a new home

  Dale Emch | April 03, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  Sometimes people fall in love so much with a home on the market that they fail to get an inspection or ask the sellers crucial questions.Dale Emch examines the requirements for disclosing problems in a real estate transaction in this week's Toledo Blade column, Legal Briefs. The quick version is that barring some contractual obligation, sellers usually only have to disclose problems they...

• Sandusky parents have more time to file loss of consortium claims

  Dale Emch | March 22, 2007 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that the parents of Sandusky children injured in an auto accident or through some other type of negligence have an expanded time to file lawsuits.The Court ruled today that because the parent's loss of consortium claim is inseparable from the claim a child might advance for an injury, the parent enjoys the same expanded statute of limitations as the...

• Cancer cluster being investigated in Sandusky County, Ohio

  Dale Emch | February 22, 2007 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  Sandusky County and Ohio officials are going to conduct further investigations into a cluster of juvenile cancer cases. During the year the cases already have been investigated, officials found 17 cases in Clyde, and Green Creek, York, Riley, and Townsend townships, according to a Toledo Blade article. The cases spanned an 11-year period, from 1996 to 2006. Results of the additional...

• Snowmobile crash west of Sandusky seriously injuries Oak Harbor man

  Dale Emch | February 10, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsSandusky, OH

  Two snowmobiles crashed Thursday night nearOak Harbor, which is about 29 miles west of Sandusky, causing serious injuries to one man. The Toledo Blade reported that Mark Millinger was life-flighted to University Medical Center in Toledo. For more information about the accident, read the Blade's on-line edition.