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Ohio Jury Rules Norfolk Southern Liable for $600M Settlement in Train Derailment Case
Apr 25 2025 // The company that owned the railcar that caused the devastating East Palestine train derailment in 2023 won’t have to help pay for the $600 million settlement Norfolk Southern agreed to with residents. An Ohio jury...
Ohio Attorney General to Certify Proposed Ban on Police Immunity
Apr 24 2025 // Prompted by a stinging defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on Tuesday said he was putting aside his objections and allowing a proposed constitutional amendment that would end...
Tesla Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit Claiming Sudden Acceleration in Ohio Crash
Apr 22 2025 // Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a man who was killed in 2021 after his Tesla crashed and caught fire near Dayton, Ohio. Tesla and...
Trial to Determine Who Will Pay $600M in Norfolk Southern Ohio Derailment
Mar 31 2025 // Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ohio’s Westfield
Mar 24 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
Ex-Ohio Police Officer Sentenced for Starting Arson Fires
Mar 10 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Stable for Ohio’s Westfield
Mar 5 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of “a+”...
Ohio to Cut Private Employer Workers’ Comp Rates by 6%
Mar 4 2025 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors announced a 6% rate cut for private employees effective July 1, 2025. The reduction follows a 7% rate cut for private employers last year. Ohio’s...
Norfolk Southern Wins Dismissal of Bondholder Lawsuit Over Ohio Train Drailment
Feb 27 2025 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern NSC.N of causing hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for bondholders by concealing safety risks prior to the February 2023 derailment in East...
Ohio Ex-Police Officer Sentenced for Starting 26 Arson Fires in Wayne National Forest
Feb 21 2025 // A former Ohio fire department administrator and police officer was sentenced in federal court here to 18 months in prison for starting dozens of arson fires in Wayne National Forest. James A. Bartels, 52, of Rio Grande,...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced to Probation for $1.4M Theft
Feb 19 2025 // A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced this month to five years of probation for thefts exceeding $1.4 million. Rhonda Chandler, of the Columbus area, stole and misappropriated funds, including premiums for pre-need...
Lawsuit Blames Deaths on Ohio Train Derailment
Feb 5 2025 // A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment was announced on Monday’s second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border...
King Risk Partners Acquires Ohio’s Barker, Beck, Collins & Kronauge Agency
Feb 4 2025 // King Risk Partners announced the acquisition of Barker, Beck, Collins & Kronauge Agency (BBC&K), an independent insurance firm in Dayton, Ohio. BBC&K was founded in founded in 1923. Over the decades, the agency...
Norfolk Southern Says Insurance to Cover At Least $750M of Ohio Derailment Costs
Jan 31 2025 // Norfolk Southern’s solid fourth quarter — combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they’re getting from Washington D.C. — has the CEO feeling optimistic about...
Ohio Residents Push Back Against $850K Bond to Appeal Derailment Settlement
Jan 27 2025 // Residents challenging Norfolk Southern’s $600 million settlement for the disastrous East Palestinetrain crash have asked a court to reject a judge’s order requiring them to put up an $850,000 bond to continue...
Ohio Pastor Found Guilty for Violating City Fire Code by Sheltering Homeless
Jan 23 2025 // A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city fire code after he opened his church to let homeless people and others stay inside overnight to escape the...
Ohio Bill Seeks to Prohibit Mandating Firearm Liability Insurance
Dec 13 2024 // A bill making its way through the Ohio General Assembly would prohibit requiring firearm liability insurance. Senate Bill 58 passed the House by a 61-27 vote and now heads to the Ohio Senate, where legislators in the...
Public Nuisance Claims Denied by Ohio Supreme Court in Opioid Case
Dec 13 2024 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state’s product liability law prohibits counties from bringing public nuisance claims against national pharmaceutical chains as they did as...
Ohio Manufacturer Faces $182K Fine for Workers’ Amputations
Dec 9 2024 // U.S. Department of Labor inspectors found a Cleveland, Ohio bakeware manufacturer failed to prevent two workers from suffering injuries that resulted in amputations, incidents that could have been avoided with proper...
Ohio Manufacturer Faces $255K Fine After Worker Suffers Partial Amputation
Dec 3 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a Portsmouth, Ohio hardwood floor manufacturer with a long history of federal safety violations after the company reported a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation while...
