Latest Ohio Headlines
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J&J Settles Claims by 41 States Over Risks of Vaginal Mesh for $117 Million
Oct 18 2019 // Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $117 million to settle 41 states’ claims that it misrepresented the risks of vaginal-mesh products used to bolster sagging organs and treat incontinence in women. A group of state...
Three Major Drug Distributors Negotiating to Settle Bellwether Opioid Case: WSJ
Oct 16 2019 // Three drug distributors are in talks with state and local governments to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits for $18 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the...
Brown, Szary Join Great American’s Fidelity/Crime Division in Ohio
Oct 15 2019 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, has hired Matthew (Matt) Brown and Joseph (Joe) Szary as divisional directors within its Fidelity /Crime Division. Brown has 16 years of industry...
Court Denies Ohio’s Attempt to Stop Cleveland Opioid Trial
Oct 14 2019 // A federal appeals court has denied an effort led by Ohio’s attorney general to stop a bellwether trial over the opioid crisis from starting this month in Cleveland. The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on Oct....
Court Allows Judge Opposed by Drug Firms to Oversee Nationwide Opioid Trial
Oct 11 2019 // A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for a landmark trial over the nation’s opioid crisis, rejecting a bid by eight drug retailers and distributors to disqualify the judge, and a request by Ohio and...
Ohio Foundry Facing $270K in Penalties for Serious Workplace Health Violations
Oct 10 2019 // Federal officials have cited an Ohio foundry with three repeated and 18 serious health violations for exposing employees to crystalline silica above the permissible exposure levels. As a result, Liberty Casting Company in...
Ohio Home, Auto Insurance Rates Remain Below National Average, Department Says
Oct 7 2019 // Home and auto insurance rates continue to run well below the national average, according to Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment. Data from the top 10 insurance groups in the state show that in Ohio the...
AmeriTrust Group Names McGuire as New Chief Claims Officer
Oct 2 2019 // Southfield, Michigan-based commercial insurance underwriter and insurance administration services provider, AmeriTrust Group Inc., has promoted Traci McGuire to chief claims officer. She is based in the company’s...
J&J to Pay $20.4M to Settle Ohio Counties’ Opioid Claims
Oct 2 2019 // Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it will pay $20.4 million to settle claims by two Ohio counties in a lawsuit that accused the drugmaker of contributing to an U.S. opioid addiction epidemic. The company said in a...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau: 8 Fraud-Related Convictions Secured in August
Sep 26 2019 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported it secured eight fraud-related convictions in August, bringing 2019’s total to 63. BWC assisted in the investigation that led to the Aug. 30 sentencing of...
Found Guilty of Fraud, Former Deputy Sheriff Owes Ohio BWC $235K
Sep 25 2019 // A Zanesville, Ohio, man and former county deputy sheriff must reimburse the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) nearly $235,000 in restitution after being convicted on Sept. 23 on workers’ compensation...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Plans $1.5B in Employer Dividends
Sep 23 2019 // Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers tells employers to watch their mailboxes as it prepares to send out dividend checks totaling around $1.5 billion. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation says strong...
Ohio AG: Opioid Settlement Should Be Spent Locally
Sep 20 2019 // Any money Ohio might receive from a settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other drugmakers should be spent at the local level, the state’s top lawyer said. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told...
Ohio Director Froment Named to Federal Insurance Advisory Committee
Sep 19 2019 // Ohio Department of Insurance reported that Director Jillian Froment has been appointed to serve on the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI). The committee provides advice and recommendations to the Federal...
2 Dead After Cargo Plane Crashes, Burns in Ohio
Sep 12 2019 // A cargo plane approaching an Ohio airport crashed into several unoccupied vehicles at an auto repair shop Wednesday in a fiery wreck that killed both people aboard the aircraft, authorities said. No other injuries were...
Ohio’s Hylant Adds Towle as Sr. VP – Global Captive Solutions Business
Sep 10 2019 // Anne Marie Towle has joined Ohio-based independent insurance brokerage Hylant as senior vice president in Hylant’s Global Captive Solutions business unit. Towle’s leadership in the captive insurance industry...
Generic Drugmaker Mallinckrodt Settles Opioid Lawsuits with 2 Ohio Counties
Sep 9 2019 // One of the largest makers of generic opioids has settled a lawsuit with two Ohio counties, removing the company from the first federal trial over the toll of the opioid crisis. United Kingdom-based Mallinckrodt announced...
Ohio Construction Company Owner Gets Prison for Worker’s Death
Sep 9 2019 // An Ohio construction company owner has been sentenced to three years in prison for failing to provide safety equipment when an employee fell from a roof and died. The Akron Beacon Journal reports 53-year-old James Coon was...
Ohio Medical Board to Review Nearly 2K Physician ‘Sexual Boundary’ Allegations
Sep 5 2019 // The State Medical Board of Ohio plans to review nearly 2,000 closed cases of alleged sexual misconduct or impropriety by doctors over the past 25 years to determine whether any involved evidence of criminal behavior that...
Ordered to Pay $25M in Damages, Ohio’s Oberlin College Seeks New Trial
Sep 4 2019 // Oberlin College is seeking a new trial after being ordered to pay $25 million to the owners of a market who accused the Ohio school of ruining their business by encouraging protests and branding them racists after a...
