Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Supreme Court: Ditch Diggers Misclassified as Independent Contractors
May 27 2022 // Ditch diggers who accepted work assignments online and used their own spades and shovels to do the work cannot be classified as independent contractors by a company that contracted with Time Warner Cable to install...
Liberty Partners With Ohio’s Roger Smith
May 17 2022 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a recent partnership with Roger Smith Insurance Agency of Tiffin, Ohio. Founded in 1987 by Roger Smith and currently led by his son, Kyle Smith, the firm offers personal,...
Agreement Reached for Ohio Marijuana Legalization Vote in 2023
May 16 2022 // A group backing the legalization of marijuana for adult use in Ohio and Republican legislative leaders have reached a settlement calling for a possible statewide legalization vote next year. Coalition to Regulate Marijuana...
Ohio Judge to Determine How Much Pharmacies Owe Over Opioid Crisis
May 11 2022 // How much money should CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies pay two Ohio counties in damages to help abate the effects of the opioid crisis? That’s the question in front of a federal judge in Cleveland, who began...
Ohio State Settles More Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Team Doctor
May 2 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
Oswald Cos. Acquires Ohio’s Gulick Roberts
Apr 27 2022 // Oswald Companies acquired Madeira, Ohio-based Gulick Roberts Group, LLC. Financial terms of this acquisition were not disclosed. Gulick Roberts Group, was founded by insurance executive Jim Gulick in 2017, and has a staff...
Ohio’s FirstEnergy Settles Ratepayer Lawsuits for $37M
Apr 26 2022 // FirstEnergy Corp. has settled four ratepayer lawsuits filed after the utility giant became ensnared in a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants operated by a company...
Ohio State Settles More Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse by Team Doctor
Apr 18 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
Ohio Court Weighs Caps on Damages in Child Rape Case
Apr 18 2022 // An Ohio woman repeatedly raped as a child suffered injuries so severe that she’s owed millions in compensation despite a state cap on pain-and-suffering awards, an attorney told the state Supreme Court. At issue...
Appeals Court Upholds $25M Judgment Against College in Ohio
Apr 18 2022 // An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident that roiled the historic liberal arts school and...
Appeals Court Upholds $25M Judgment Against College in Ohio
Apr 5 2022 // An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident that roiled the historic liberal arts school and...
Sixth Circuit Sides With Distributor in Ohio Opioid Lawsuit Jurisdiction Dispute
Apr 2 2022 // An Ohio district court correctly granted a pharmaceutical distributor’s motion to remand to state court a case regarding whether its insurer must provide defense in ongoing opioid litigation, the U.S. Court of...
Ohio Supreme Court Weighs Caps on Damages in Child Rape Case
Apr 1 2022 // An Ohio woman repeatedly raped as a child suffered injuries so severe that she’s owed millions in compensation despite a state cap on pain-and-suffering awards, an attorney told the state Supreme Court Wednesday. At...
Ohio National Acquires Constellation
Apr 1 2022 // Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ohio National Financial Services, Inc. successfully completed its sponsored demutualization transaction with Constellation Insurance Holdings,...
Ohio Court: Coverage Owed for Contamination That Ruined Product
Mar 29 2022 // Contamination that ruined more than $1 million worth of glass containers manufactured by a policyholder’s customer counts as damage that is covered by an umbrella insurance policy, the Ohio State Supreme Court ruled...
Ohio Reaches $80 Million Settlement With Monsanto Over PCB Hazards
Mar 25 2022 // Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on March 25 announced an $80 million settlement with the Monsanto Co. that forces the company to pay for environmental damage it caused in Ohio with its toxic products. “Ohio has been...
Peloton Capital Makes Strategic Investment in Ohio’s Unison Risk Advisors
Mar 17 2022 // Unison Risk Advisors (URA) announced a strategic investment partnership with Peloton Capital Management (PCM), a Canadian private equity firm based in Toronto. This deal is expected to close March 31. Ohio-based URA was...
Ohio Explosives Manufacturing Operator to Pay $2.3 Million Over Clear Water Act Violations
Mar 17 2022 // Austin Powder Company, owner and operator of the Red Diamond explosives manufacturing plant located near McArthur, Ohio, has agreed to implement significant upgrades to that facility’s wastewater treatment operations...
OSHA Proposes $237K Fine Against Ohio Contractor For Exposing Roofers to Deadly Fall Hazards
Feb 28 2022 // A Hartsville, Ohio contractor has been cited for the sixth time since 2018 for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards on two separate Ohio job sites. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Ohio Supreme Court Hears Lawsuit Over Company’s COVID Losses
Feb 28 2022 // An Ohio business says its insurance company must compensate it for financial losses suffered during a pandemic-related shutdown. The insurance company refused to pay, saying its policy didn’t cover such losses. The...
