All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2022 // How much money should CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies pay two Ohio counties in damages to help abate the effects of the opioid crisis?That’s the question in front of a federal judge in Cleveland, who began...
May 2 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
Apr 27 2022 // Oswald Companies acquired Madeira, Ohio-based Gulick Roberts Group, LLC.Financial terms of this acquisition were not disclosed. Gulick Roberts Group, was founded by insurance executive Jim Gulick in 2017, and has a staff...
Apr 26 2022 // FirstEnergy Corp. has settled four ratepayer lawsuits filed after the utility giant became ensnared in a $60 million bribery scheme to win a $1 billion legislative bailout for two Ohio nuclear plants operated by a company...
Apr 18 2022 // Ohio State University will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were sexually abused decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, increasing the number of survivors who’ve...
Apr 18 2022 // An Ohio woman repeatedly raped as a child suffered injuries so severe that she’s owed millions in compensation despite a state cap on pain-and-suffering awards, an attorney told the state Supreme Court.At issue...
Apr 18 2022 // An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident that roiled the historic liberal arts school and...
Apr 5 2022 // An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the aftermath of a shoplifting incident that roiled the historic liberal arts school and...
Apr 2 2022 // An Ohio district court correctly granted a pharmaceutical distributor’s motion to remand to state court a case regarding whether its insurer must provide defense in ongoing opioid litigation, the U.S. Court of...
Apr 1 2022 // An Ohio woman repeatedly raped as a child suffered injuries so severe that she’s owed millions in compensation despite a state cap on pain-and-suffering awards, an attorney told the state Supreme Court Wednesday.At...
Apr 1 2022 // Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ohio National Financial Services, Inc. successfully completed its sponsored demutualization transaction with Constellation Insurance Holdings,...
Mar 29 2022 // Contamination that ruined more than $1 million worth of glass containers manufactured by a policyholder’s customer counts as damage that is covered by an umbrella insurance policy, the Ohio State Supreme Court ruled...
Mar 25 2022 // Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost on March 25 announced an $80 million settlement with the Monsanto Co. that forces the company to pay for environmental damage it caused in Ohio with its toxic products.“Ohio has been...
Mar 17 2022 // Unison Risk Advisors (URA) announced a strategic investment partnership with Peloton Capital Management (PCM), a Canadian private equity firm based in Toronto. This deal is expected to close March 31.Ohio-based URA was...
Mar 17 2022 // Austin Powder Company, owner and operator of the Red Diamond explosives manufacturing plant located near McArthur, Ohio, has agreed to implement significant upgrades to that facility’s wastewater treatment operations...
Feb 28 2022 // A Hartsville, Ohio contractor has been cited for the sixth time since 2018 for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards on two separate Ohio job sites.Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Feb 28 2022 // An Ohio business says its insurance company must compensate it for financial losses suffered during a pandemic-related shutdown. The insurance company refused to pay, saying its policy didn’t cover such losses. The...
Feb 15 2022 // Akron, Ohio-based First Energy announced it has settled a series of shareholder lawsuits seeking corporate reforms in the wake of a bribery and corruption scandal.FirstEnergy in a statement said provisions of the...
Feb 9 2022 // Corrections and medical officials at an Ohio jail mishandled an inmate with diabetes and their indifference led to his death last year, according to a federal lawsuit.At issue is care received by Chavis Martinez at...
Feb 8 2022 // A blocked fresh-air intake at a hotel pool equipment room may have been to blame for a carbon monoxide buildup that sent more than a dozen people to hospitals more than a week ago, authorities said.A report by the Ohio...