Ohio House approves bill to curb consumer lawsuits
Legislation to curb consumer suits wins broad House support in Columbus as Rep Vernon F. Cook pushes a measure limiting product liability claims. The bill adds a 10 year statute of repose for defects and creates defenses for manufacturers distributors and retailers while allowing structured settlements. Opponents in the bar association and trial lawyers call it antic consumer and harmful to rights.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Summit County
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
Bar Association
AG Lancione
Bellaire
Cook
Lifeline utility rate relief bill moves to House vote
Ohio lawmakers prepare to vote on a Lifeline program offering a 15 percent discount on gas or electricity for seniors over 65 and permanently handicapped residents with incomes under 7000. The measure sets eligibility and applies from November 1 to April 30.
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Columbus, Ohio
Plane crash razes two Cleveland houses
A plane crashed into two houses on East 120th Street near St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, destroying them and causing three explosions. Pilot Walter M. Nowikas, 39, was killed. No residents were harmed as most were away. Nowikas headed from Youngstown to Burke Lakefront Airport when he reported trouble. Federal officials search for a cause.
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Cleveland
Willa Mae Williams
Morris Plains, N.J
Nowikas
Donley, Miller & Nowikas Inc
Youngstown
Burke Lakefront Airport
Burke
East 120Th Street
St.Clair Avenue
Federal Aviation Administration
Lose Water Weight With Odrmil Nature's Way
New Odmil product claims to reduce premenstrual water retention with a natural tablet formula. The ad promises fast acting relief and a money back guarantee through leading drug stores, asserting effectiveness against temporary weight gain from fluid retention.
School bus crash injures 35 in eastern Kentucky
A Berea area school bus carrying about 50 teenagers overturned on a rain slick road injuring 35. Ten were treated and released at nearby hospitals, with 12 admitted at Berea Hospital and one admitted at Patty A. Clay in Richmond. Uninjured riders found shelter at Berea Baptist Church housing 32 people.
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Berea
Kentucky
Richmond
Patty A. Clay
Berea Hospital
Berea Baptist Church
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