Whiplash
Ohio Court of Appeals · 2008
$3,711.20 verdict with $0 for pain reversed
The other driver stipulated to liability, so the trial was only about damages.
whiplash in Ohio →Whiplash
Ohio Court of Appeals · 2013
$0 verdict reversed
Zachary Gillespie rear ended the Robertses’ car at under ten miles an hour in 2008 and was admitted to be at fault.
whiplash in Ohio →Back & spine
Ohio Court of Appeals · 2012
$2,685.14 verdict reinstated
A tow company’s driver rear ended Wolf in stop and go traffic in Hudson; the defense admitted negligence but denied causing his claimed injuries.
back & spine in Ohio →Head & brain
Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District · 2025
$25,172,526.32 verdict, affirmed
Susana Lyon was eventually diagnosed at another hospital with a severe nutritional deficiency and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which led to severe peripheral neuropathy; she alleged her doctors failed to diagnose it in time.
head & brain in Ohio →Head & brain
Ohio Court of Appeals, Sixth District · 2021
Directed verdict affirmed
After a fall at work, Teresa Webster sought workers’ compensation for conditions including a closed head injury.
head & brain in Ohio →Fracture
Ohio Court of Appeals · 2025
$1,300,000 verdict reversed
Cheryl Trout slipped and fell in a Mr. Hero restaurant in Brook Park while walking back to the counter for food she had just ordered.
fracture in Ohio →Fracture
Ohio Court of Appeals · 2024
Summary judgment for store affirmed
At a Youngstown gas station store, Lumsden rushed toward a newly opened register and tripped over a display, falling to her knees; she later learned she had a hairline fracture and a torn meniscus that needed surgery.
fracture in Ohio →Fracture
Ohio Court of Appeals · 2026
Directed verdict for nursing home affirmed
A nursing home resident who used a cane and later a walker fell in his room in May 2020, fractured his hip and died in June; the death certificate listed failure to thrive with a recent hip fracture.
fracture in Ohio →Medical negligence
Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth District · 2025
$1,487,500 verdict kept; cap held unconstitutional as applied
John Paganini, 92, had cataract surgery in December 2021, felt pain that evening and saw black dots the next morning.
medical negligence in Ohio →Medical negligence
Ohio Court of Appeals, First District · 2023
Over $39 million verdict; judgment cut sharply by caps
Jeffrey Potts, who had back surgeries in 1982, 1991 and 1994, was operated on by Dr. Durrani; his colon was pierced by a trocar, he developed sepsis and later died.
medical negligence in Ohio →Workplace
Ohio Court of Appeals, Ninth District · 2026
Summary judgment for all defendants affirmed
Ryan Adams, a foreman roofer, fell more than 20 feet through a roof at a utility service building in December 2020 and died of his injuries in 2023.
workplace in Ohio →Workplace
Ohio Court of Appeals, Third District · 2017
Summary judgment for employer affirmed
Ryan Williams’s right arm was caught in a bottle making machine while he tried to wipe a sensor.
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