Personal Injury

Doctors and others who work in health care will make mistakes. Everyone in every profession is prone to do so occasionally. However, some mistakes simply should not happen.   In 2001, the then-CEO of the National Quality Forum (NFQ) came up with the concept of a...

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury due to the inadequate approach of medical professionals, you may be looking to claim compensation. You may have had to spend heavily on treatment due to what happened, and it may also have affected the ability to earn, so...

We are learning more about the extent of damage caused by the Ohio train derailment in February. We know that a number of the cars contained vinyl chloride, a dangerous material that led to serious fires and toxins within the air, water, and soil of the community...

A person who has a spinal cord injury may have to deal with a lot of effects. Spinal cord injuries are unique because the effects a person feels will always be below the level of the injury. For those who have a cervical spine injury, which is an injury in the neck,...

Summer is a great time to make the most of Ohio’s swimming spots. Be it a local pool, a water park, a river or a lake, you need to be aware of the dangers. Each summer thousands of people across the country are injured in or alongside the water. A few unlucky ones...

Your child is playing organized football, and practices start this summer. One day, you get a call from the coach saying that they've been taken to the hospital with a head injury. They were involved in a collision with another player, they lost consciousness, and the...

There are many different types of motorcycles, with large touring bikes, small and nimble off-road bikes, adventure bikes that combine the two, and the fast little sport bikes that you'll see on the track. These sport bikes often get the reputation as being highly...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) can be caused by car crashes, falls, acts of violence and playing sports. Fortunately, most people are far more aware of the chances of having a TBI even if they didn’t lose consciousness or aren’t experiencing obvious symptoms. That...

Safety is both an intangible feeling based on nothing more than someone's subjective opinion. It can also be a quantifiable state based on statistical risks. People feel safe in some situations and at risk in others, and their feelings may not have any direct...

What makes a state safe to live in? Is it low crime rates? A healthy population? Absence of major weather catastrophes? Or all of the above – and more? While it may be difficult to quantify, we have some idea of how states compare to each other in terms of safety....