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• Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against AT&T Mobility for Overtime Pay

  Chrissie Cole | March 18, 2008 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania, against AT&T Mobility. The suit alleges the carrier violated the Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay overtime to a former corporate recruiter and possibly others.The lead plaintiff was a regional corporate recruiter/staffing coordinator from May 9, 2007, to November 30, 2007."AT&T's refusal to authorize payment for...

• Man Suffers Head Trauma When Car Slams Into House

  Chrissie Cole | March 12, 2008 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A Dayton man, 40, suffered severe head trauma in a car accident this morning, when he lost control of his vehicle and struck the porch of a house on Troy Street.The accident is under investigation as experts work to reconstruct the chain of events that led up to the crash. At this time police believe he was travelling at a high rate of speed when he left the road and slammed into the house....

• Ohio Supreme Court; Damages Law

  Richard Schulte | January 01, 2008 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state law last Thursday that limits how much a person injured by a defective product can collect in pain-and-suffering damages, reversing its stance on this important issue.Attorneys representing injured people and companies that support the concept of caps have followed the lawsuit filed by Melisa Arbino, a Cincinnati property manager, over the Ortho Evra Birth...

• Holiday Season DUI

  Richard Schulte | January 01, 2008 6:26 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  We have all become too familiar with stories similar to this one. The holidays provide many with a few days off of work, Christmas bonuses to spend, and sadly, an opportunity to indulge in irresponsible behaviors. Unfortunately, this story has left one father in critical condition and the rest of his family dead. Yesterday, the 24-year-old Adrian man -- who records show had a blood alcohol...

• Stun Gun Used on Pregnant Woman

  Richard Schulte | November 30, 2007 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  TROTWOOD, Ohio (AP) -- The FBI is investigating whether a policeman violated a pregnant woman's civil rights when he used a stun gun to subdue her, authorities in this Dayton suburb said Thursday.The woman had gone to the police department Nov. 18 asking police to take custody of her 1-year-old son, but tried to leave with the child after the officer started asking her questions, said Michael...

• Unique Funding Program for Vioxx Attorneys

  Richard Schulte | November 16, 2007 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Counsel Financial Services (CFS), the nation's largest provider of working capital credit lines exclusively to attorneys, announced today that it will provide loans to litigators representing Vioxx plaintiffs, in the wake of Merck & Co.'s recent announcement that it has established a $4.85 billion victim fund to settle thousands of lawsuits. Together with one of the largest financial...

• MDL CEO convicted in Ohio investor loss

  Richard Schulte | October 31, 2007 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A Pittsburgh hedge fund manager was convicted Tuesday of defrauding Ohio's workers' compensation system.Mark Lay, CEO of MDL Capital Management, faces up to 20 years in prison for investment advisory fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.The charges were linked to the loss of $216 million he invested for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in a highly-leveraged...

• Electric Jellyfish in deadly Ohio Turnpike crash

  Richard Schulte | October 19, 2007 6:46 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A member of an Australian rock band and his wife died Thursday morning on the Ohio Turnpike after their vehicle crashed trying to avoid a deer.Electric Jellyfish guitarist Hayden Rodney Sweeney, 23, and Bridget O'Brien, 26, from California died at the scene, said Lt. John Maxse, head of the State Highway Patrol's Milan post. Three other band members were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in...

• Lead recalls

  Richard Schulte | October 04, 2007 6:39 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of three products containing excessive levels of lead. The products, which are being voluntarily recalled, include tabletop puppet theatres, bookmarks, and Halloween skull pails.The CPSC warns that paint used on parts of these products contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard and that...

• Heart Attacks in Kids

  Richard Schulte | October 02, 2007 11:50 AM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  A report from Ohio doctors documenting nine cases over 11 years in kids as young as 12 says heart attacks in children are a rare but under-recognized problem. Dan Meter was among nine children included in a report by Drs. John Lane and Giora Ben-Shachar at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, Ohio. All were stricken between 1995 and 2006 and most were treated at the Akron hospital. Lane treated...