Latest Ohio Headlines
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Advocates Seek More Say in How Ohio Opioid Settlements Are Spent
Sep 27 2022 // The tattoos on Billie Stafford’s hands — inspired by street art and full of references to her work helping prevent drug-related deaths — have become an indelible memorial to the friend who inked them and...
Ohio Petrochemicals Company to Pay $1.1 Million for Clean Air Act Violations
Sep 26 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a settlement with Altivia Petrochemicals LLC for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its petrochemical manufacturing facility in Haverhill, Ohio. The company...
Ohio Apartment Fire Injures 4; Cause Under Investigation
Sep 20 2022 // A fire in an Ohio apartment sent four children to the hospital in critical condition over the weekend, authorities said. West Chester officials said the blaze was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the Aster...
Court Revives Ohio State Sex Abuse Lawsuits
Sep 16 2022 // A federal appeals court ruling Wednesday revives unsettled lawsuits against Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor Richard Strauss. A district judge in Columbus had dismissed most of...
Ohio Court: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Drug Distributor Against Opioid Lawsuit
Sep 9 2022 // An insurer has no duty to defend a drug distributor against lawsuits filed by cities and counties that allege it failed to take proper steps to prevent abuse of prescription opioids, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled...
Ohio Auto Parts Company Cited for Safety Violations
Sep 8 2022 // A Clayton, Ohio company was cited for exposing workers to fires and failing to train them on initial stage fire identification and use of fire extinguishers after federal safety investigators received a referral from a...
Ohio Court: $101 Million Lead Paint Abatement Covered by Lloyd’s Policy
Sep 8 2022 // A court order that requires Sherwin-Williams Co. to pay $101 million into a lead paint abatement fund amounts to “damages” that are recoverable through a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy, an Ohio...
Retailers Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales
Sep 5 2022 // Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over their failure to properly monitor opioid prescriptions in Ohio, in the drug industry’s latest setback...
Ohio Packaging Manufacturer Fined $178K After Worker’s Burns
Sep 5 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation into how a 25-year-old manufacturing worker suffered serious arm burns in February that required hospitalization, determined his Ohio employer failed to follow required federal...
Severe Storms Blamed in 3 Deaths in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
Aug 31 2022 // Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman...
Ohio Contractor Fined $228,000 for Exposing Workers to Hazards
Aug 30 2022 // A Dundee, Ohio contractor with a long history of federal workplace safety violations has added an additional $228,126 in fines to $108,318 in unpaid penalties with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
EPA Fines Ohio-Based Autosales $600,000 over Clean Air Act Violations
Aug 23 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that Ohio-based Autosales, Inc. will pay a $600,000 penalty under the Clean Air Act for illegally selling aftermarket products that alter vehicles’...
Walmart, CVS, Walgreens Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales
Aug 18 2022 // Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over their failure to properly monitor opioid prescriptions in Ohio, in the drug industry’s latest setback...
Packaging Manufacturer Faces $178K in Fines After Ohio Worker’s Burns
Aug 16 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation into how a 25-year-old manufacturing worker suffered serious arm burns in February that required hospitalization, determined his Ohio employer failed to follow required federal...
Ohio Bill Defines Work-From-Home Workers’ Comp Rule
Aug 10 2022 // An Ohio law set to go into effect next month amends workers’ compensation benefit requirements for employees who sustain an injury while working from home. House Bill 447 states than a work-from-home employee’s...
Ohio Manufacturer Faces $480,000 in OSHA Penalties
Aug 3 2022 // Federal safety investigators found workers at General Aluminum Mfg. Co.’s Wapakoneta site exposed to machine hazards, just 36 days after they found similar violations at the aluminum vehicle parts...
PCF Insurance Acquires Zinc Insurance in Ohio
Jul 28 2022 // PCF Insurance Services acquired Zinc Insurance in Solon, Ohio. Zinc specializes in insurance and risk management services for the trucking, construction, contracting, and motorsports industries. Lehi, Utah-based PCF...
Medical Helicopter in Ohio Crashed on Way to Fatal Accident
Jul 28 2022 // A medical helicopter responding to the scene of a fatal accident in southwestern Ohio crashed this week when it hit power lines, but no one aboard the aircraft was seriously injured, authorities said. Three crew members...
One80 Acquires Ohio-Based SelmanCo
Jul 7 2022 // Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries announced that it acquired Cleveland, Ohio-based SelmanCo, a third-party administrator and broker offering life, supplemental health and related products and...
Ohio Vehicle Parts Manufacturer Faces $315,000 in Fines
Jul 1 2022 // An Ohio aluminum vehicle parts manufacturer cited for safety and health violations after a worker in Ravenna suffered fatal injuries in March 2021, continues to put workers at risk. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
