- Richard Schulte | July 31, 2007 1:01 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsMeigs County authorities say emergency crews have recovered the car and body of a motorist who drove off an unfinished Ohio River bridge Sunday night.Police say 19-year-old Gerald Baker of Coolville drove onto the completed onramp and plowed through a five-thousand-pound concrete barrier at the end of the bridge that's still under construction.It will span the river from Pomeroy, Ohio, to West...
- Richard Schulte | July 25, 2007 3:09 PM |
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MiscellaneousAn Ohioan was killed early this morning when his vehicle collided, head on, with a tractor-trailer on US 20. The victim's injuries were fatal as Scottie L. Prenzlin, 40, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The crash occurred about 5:30 a.m. near Toledo. He was driving his 1997 Ford Crown Victoria westbound on U.S. 20 when it traveled left of center into the path of an eastbound...
- Richard Schulte | July 25, 2007 2:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousFirefighter John Trainer, 38 of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, fell to his death last night (July 24, 2007) while re-organizing a fire hose on the top of a fire truck at the Mechanicsburg station. Last night, Mr. Trainer responded to a house fire which required the use of the truck's fire hose. When back at the station, Mr. Trainer climbed on the top of the fire truck in order to re-organize the hose...
- Richard Schulte | July 23, 2007 2:41 PM |
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MiscellaneousA doctor in Ohio practices medicine without Medical Malpractice insurance because he feels that the insurance is both, too expensive, and simply an avenue by which patients bring frivolous claims in pursuit to make themselves rich. According to area attorneys, this doctor has made himself "judgment proof" by placing his assets in a family trust and, therefore, protecting such assets from civil...
- Richard Schulte | July 23, 2007 1:58 PM |
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MiscellaneousNC lawmakers have agreed to place limits upon medical malpractice awards. The new policy will place a cap on monetary damages for certain health care negligent cases. Arbitration proceedings seem to be the vehicle in which this policy progresses. The bill was unanimously approved by the House and sent to Gov. Mike Easley, marking a success in the often antagonistic relationship between...
- Richard Schulte | July 22, 2007 11:09 AM |
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MiscellaneousCastleberry has expanded the recall to include foods for both humans and pets. The initial recall was for hot dog chili found in Texas and Indiana. The expanded recall includes 4 pet food brands, the the problems in production were found about two moths ago AP.Cans were coming out of a heating process too hot to be sent into a cooling area, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease...
- Richard Schulte | July 19, 2007 9:25 AM |
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MiscellaneousFederal health officials warned Wednesday that 10-ounce cans of Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger brands of hot dog chili sauce with "best by" dates from April 30, 2009, through May 22, 2009. The product was linked to the first cases of botulism in commercially canned foods in decades.The products were made by the Castleberry's Food Co., owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC, based in San Diego. The...
- Richard Schulte | July 17, 2007 2:17 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOhio University student was killed Saturday night in a pedestrian accident when he was struck by an SUV and thrown into a river. Witness indicated that the SUV skipped onto the sidewalk and struck the victom as he was crossing the hocking river bridge. Witnesses were unaware that a pedestrian had been struck, Gray said. The bridge has lights, but not directly in the area of the accident, he...
- Chrissie Cole | July 15, 2007 2:08 AM |
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MiscellaneousA lawsuit filed in federal court, was granted class action status yesterday by a US District Court Judge. The lawsuit seeks a minimum of $3 million dollars in a strip-search case.The lawsuit was filed by a 47-year old woman of Ellenburg in northern New York. The lawsuit alleges she was illegally strip-searched in a county jail on March 2003 after being arrested on misdemeanor charges for the...
- Chrissie Cole | July 08, 2007 1:14 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsPolice arrived at Valley Street, Wednesday morning, after receiving a report of a car accident and found the driver had crashed his vehicle because he'd been shot.Dayton Police Department said the man, 38, of Dayton, had been shot behind 1228 Valley Street just a few minutes after midnight on Wednesday. He attempted to drive away but his vehicle crashed through a fence at Bickmore Avenue and...
- Chrissie Cole | July 06, 2007 1:32 AM |
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MiscellaneousA California Superior Court judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit that alleges Scripps Health Hospitals of overcharging uninsured patients since 2002.The lawsuit contends that uninsured patients pay up to four times more than the patients who are covered by Medicare or private insurance companies for the very same medical procedures.The class action status was approved by Judge...
- Chrissie Cole | July 03, 2007 2:30 AM |
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MiscellaneousA mother's insurance claim has been denied twice by her insurance provider. After paying for her health insurance every month, she didn't expect an insurance claim denial. Her 14-year-old daughter has what her doctors refer to as a birth defect. But, the insurance company says the procedure is cosmetic and not medically necessary, so they are refusing to cover it.The doctor diagnosed her...
- Chrissie Cole | July 01, 2007 10:13 AM |
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MiscellaneousWhen Oxford Life Insurance Co. denied paying a insurance claim for a severely injured policy holder, they were slammed with a $39 million verdict. The policy was to pay off the remainder of his loan should he suffer dismemberment or death.The policyholder, a West Virginia farmer, had longed for a Ford pickup truck for years. In 1999, at his wife's urging, he used part of their savings as a down...