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Wondering How A Single Individual Was Able To Successfully Enter A Hotel With A Full Arsenal? You Aren’t Alone.
Hotels must provide safety for their guests and customers. In Ohio, as in many other states, hotels and innkeepers have a duty to protect their patrons from foreseeable third-party criminal acts and other such conduct. What that means is that when the hotel staff knows or should know that there is suspicious criminal misconduct occurring […]
Recent Updates To Truck Safety Scoring System
The FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) recently revised its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Safety Measurement System (SMS) methodology. In this newly revised methodology, twelve (12) new roadside inspection violations are added to the company’s overall CSA score. A subset of the Department of Transportation, the FMCSA uses these scores to score motor carriers (the […]
Questions To Ask When Hiring An Attorney After A Truck Crash
Handling truck crashes is vastly different from handling a motor vehicle crash. And I want to emphasize that there is no such thing as a truck “accident.” That term is consistently used by insurance companies and truck companies to minimize what the truck driver did, or failed to do, in causing a truck crash. Truck […]
Pre-Trip Inspection Essential For Semi-Truck Before Travel
Although it is not an actual safety mechanism or device, the pre-trip inspection is essential to ensure the safe operation of a commercial motor vehicle or semi-truck before every truck driver gets on the road each day. More importantly, if you are found with any component part that is not in working order if stopped […]
Understanding How Air Brakes Work On A Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)
Air brakes are likely the most important component part of modern commercial motor vehicles. The air brake system on a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), or semi-truck as commonly referred to, uses compressed air to push the brake shoe lining onto the brake drum creating friction to slow the wheel down. That may sound complicated – […]
After an Ohio Car Accident, Let Us Take the Burden Off Your Shoulders
After a serious car accident, you have a lot on your mind. That’s understandable. You survived a traumatic event that has left your life in disarray. You’ve got your recovery, your work, and your finances to worry about. It’s reasonable to assume you’ll need some help getting your feet back underneath you. At Nurenberg Paris, […]
Young Boy Diagnosed With Cerebral Palsy Gets Settlement That Changes His Life
Over the past several years, I took on a case for an impoverished young boy living in rural Georgia who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The mother of the child was 33 weeks pregnant when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident. She was a passenger in a small automobile which was impacted on […]
No Cost. No Strings. Just Answers.
There are a lot of reasons why you should call an attorney after a personal injury. An experienced attorney can stand between you and the insurance company so that all you have to worry about is recovering from your injuries. Accident victims with an attorney get more money, on average, from their injury claim than those […]
Online Shopping May Lead to More Ohio Trucking Accidents
The numbers are in. Cyber Monday brought in more than $3 billion for online retailers this year. That’s a lot of packages being routed through just a handful of mail providers, and the shopping season is just getting started. FedEx was expected to hire 50,000 people this holiday season, while UPS estimates a 14% increase […]
