Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Train Derailment Prompts West Virginia Utility to Take Water Safety Steps
Feb 14 2023 // A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. West Virginia American Water said...
Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment in Ohio
Feb 13 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health...
Ohio Residents Can Return After Air Deemed Safe from Derailment
Feb 10 2023 // Evacuated residents can safely return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailed five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said. Authorities...
Ohio’s Branch to Launch Condo Insurance
Feb 9 2023 // Branch, a full-stack insurance company, announced it has launched condo insurance, expanding its list of instantly bindable products. Condo joins Branch’s existing arsenal of home, auto, renters, and umbrella...
Ohio Residents Worry About Going Home, Toxic Gas From Derailment
Feb 9 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Brittany Dailey stood outside her hotel watching black smoke darken the sky 10 miles to the east as crews burned toxic chemicals from tanker cars that derailed just down the street from her...
Ohio Residents Kept Out as Air Checked Near Derailed Train
Feb 8 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – It’s unclear when evacuated residents might be able to return home to the area where officials released and burned toxic chemicals from the wreckage of a derailed train, Ohio Gov. Mike...
Ruff Ruling for Nationwide: Ohio Court Says Insurer Must Cover Canine Bite
Feb 8 2023 // An Ohio Court of Appeals panel said that Nationwide must indemnify a canine owner whose bulldog bit a passer-by, ruling that a policy exclusion barring coverage for bodily injury for a dog with a prior history of attacking...
Sheriff: Toxic Gas Release Likely From Ohio Train Derailment
Feb 7 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities were threatening to arrest anyone who doesn’t leave an evacuation zone near the smoldering wreckage of an Ohio train derailment near the Pennsylvania state line and warned...
Ohio 50-Car Train Derailment Causes Fire, Evacuations
Feb 6 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launched a federal investigation and monitored...
$225K Settlement Ends Police Brutality Suit in Ohio’s Largest City
Feb 1 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Officials in Ohio’s largest city have reached a $225,000 settlement with a man who said police officers used improper force during a 2017 arrest. The Columbus City Council voted unanimously...
OSHA Fines 2 Ohio Metal Casting Facilities For Mixing Water And Molten Material
Jan 26 2023 // With proper training, people working in metal casting facilities know that mixing water and molten material can be a serious, if not deadly mistake, as tragic incidents at two Ohio companies in 2022 showed. On July 10, the...
Ohio Dollar General Fined $395K for Hazardous Workplace Conditions
Jan 25 2023 // Following yet another inspection – this time at a West Lafayette, Ohio, Dollar General location – federal investigators found one of the nation’s largest discount retailers continues to shelve serious safety...
Hazing Lawsuit at Ohio’s Bowling Green Ends With $3M Settlement
Jan 24 2023 // The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity will receive nearly $3 million from Bowling Green State University to settle its lawsuit, according to an agreement announced Monday. As...
Ohio Insurtech battleface Launches Platform Supporting Travel Insurance
Jan 11 2023 // Columbus, Ohio-based travel insurance provider battleface announced the launch of Robin Assist, a new tech-driven platform as a service. Built for insurance carriers, brokers, managing general agents (MGAs) and...
Ohio Man Who Had Snow Stuffed in Mouth During Arrest Files Suit
Jan 6 2023 // AKRON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio man who had snow stuffed into his mouth by a police officer during an arrest in Akron has filed an excessive force lawsuit against the city and several officers, claiming his civil rights were...
Ohio Supreme Court: Ransomware Did Not Cause Direct Physical Loss
Dec 29 2022 // A business owner’s insurance policy did not provide coverage for software damaged by a ransomware attack because there was no direct physical damage or loss, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. “Computer software...
Heating Methods Suspected in Ohio Fire After Family of 6 Killed
Dec 29 2022 // NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – Authorities investigating a fire that claimed the lives of six members of an Ohio family are looking at the possibility that the blaze was sparked by alternative methods of heating that the...
Red Roof Inns Fined $43K Over Ohio Disability Discrimination Suit
Dec 28 2022 // Red Roof Inns, Inc. (Red Roof) will pay $43,188.00 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the EEOC’s...
Ohio’s Oberlin College Completes Paying Out $25M Judgment in Libel Lawsuit
Dec 21 2022 // OBERLIN. Ohio (AP) – Oberlin College has completed paying out a $25 million judgment to an Ohio bakery that won a libel lawsuit against the school after a shoplifting incident involving three Black students. The...
People Moves: Ohio Dept. of Insurance Restructures Office of Legal Services; N.D. Commissioner Godfread Elected VP of NAIC
Dec 21 2022 // Ohio Department of Insurance Office of Legal Services Restructured, Fitch Named Chief Legal Officer Ohio Department of Insurance has promoted several employees in the department’s Office of Legal Services, including...
