On September 20, 2013, an Ohio Country woman filed a lawsuit against the Ohio County Board of Education, citing negligence after the school bus she was a passenger on was involved in an auto accident. On October 5, 2011, Ms. McCord’s daughter was riding in a school bus when Ohio County Board of Education employee,…
Every day, thousands of large tractor trailers or big rig trucks drive on Ohio highways and roads. These large vehicles are heavy, cumbersome, and difficult to drive. On the road with small passenger vehicles, a tractor trailer can be a liability risk. In fact, tractor trailer accidents in Ohio are numerous each year. Hundreds of…
Ohio Child ATV Safety is in the news with the increase in Ohio Child ATV Accidents With Ohio Child ATV Accidents on the rise lets take a look at Ohio Child ATV safety and data collected regarding ATV accident fatalities. The data collected shows that since between 1982 and 2007, 80 children died in ATV…
Ohio Nursing Home Abuse Reporting is on the rise with the Ohio Attorney General’s office of Medical Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) According to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, his Medical Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has received nearly twice as many Ohio nursing home abuse reports this year as compared to 2012. In fact, of the…
As Ohio heads back to school Ohio drivers should be mindful of Back To School Safety Tips to avoid Ohio pedestrian and auto accidents. Ohio roadways are getting busier as summer comes to a close and families across the state are preparing to get their children ready to go back to school. Drivers across the…
The NSC estimates that 40,500 injuries will occur over the Labor Day weekend due to Ohio auto accidents, making the Labor Day holiday one of the busiest and deadliest on U.S. roadways. The Labor Day holiday is one of the year’s biggest travel weekends in Ohio, yet it doesn’t take more than second for a…
To the inexperienced, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) may not seem very dangerous, yet each year thousands of Ohioans are seen in emergency room departments across the state because of Ohio ATV accidents. According to an Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet, Ohio ranks 15th in the nation for the number of deaths caused by ATV accidents….
Nationally, over 100,000 children under the age of 12 are injured each year in vehicle crashes, and more than 1,000 more are killed each year. To keep your children as safe as possible when driving on Ohio highways and byways, utilize the proper child safety restraint. The statistics for children injured in vehicle accidents are…
Six residents of an Ohio nursing home have died in the largest outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the state’s history. Dozens of people have been sickened with the rare bacterial infection at the Wesley Ridge Retirement Community in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and health officials are working to try to figure out the cause of a second…
Ohio ATV accident news shows that ATV’s present dangers to adults and even more so to children. Just recently, two teen aged girls were thrown from an ATV while traveling downhill at Clear Fork Ski Resort in Ohio. The girls hit a washout and were ejected from the ATV as it rolled. Both girls were…
A new study published by Safe Kids Worldwide finds that child who play sports are injured a surprising high rate. In fact, about 1.35 million children are severely injured and taken to emergency rooms each year. Safe Kids Worldwide CEO and President Kate Carr said in a statement, “We uncovered some surprising and disturbing data…
Ohio Attorney General (AG) Mike DeWine announced that his office was working with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to revoke the license of a Zanesville, Ohio nursing home after investigations found alleged evidence of substandard care. Autumn Healthcare has been on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) “Special Focus Facilities” list for…
