Latest Ohio Headlines

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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...

Family Sues Bowling Green in Ohio in Hazing Death

Jun 29 2022 // The family of a student who died from alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity sued Bowling Green State University, alleging the Ohio school knew about but didn’t stop hazing in Greek life there and should be...

Acrisure Acquires Ohio’s QuickInsured Agency

Jun 24 2022 // Acrisure, a fintech company that runs a global insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Columbus, Ohio-based QuickInsured, a tech-centered insurance agency. Acrisure will now have use of QuickInsured’s...

Ohio School Reaches Settlement in Principal’s Discrimination Case

Jun 22 2022 // A Black assistant principal who lost his job after complaining that his Ohio school’s dress code enforcement discriminated against African-American students would get $200,000 in back pay and damages under a proposed...

Acrisure Acquires Ohio’s QuickInsured

Jun 17 2022 // Acrisure acquired Columbus, Ohio-based QuickInsured (QI), a best-in-class tech-enabled insurance agency. Through this acquisition, Acrisure will gain usage of QuickInsured’s proprietary digital sales funnel. This...