Now that summer is in full swing, many Cleveland families are planning make (or have already made) the short trip to Sandusky to visit Cedar Point. This amusement park has been an Ohio staple for generations.Normally, Cedar Point has a reputation for safety as well as...
Month: July 2013
OSHA fines Ohio plant for fire and explosion hazards
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 30, 2013 | Construction Accidents
A global polyethylene foam product manufacturing company headquartered in Quebec, Canada, and with approximately 50 workers employed in a plant in the small city of Sidney in west-central Ohio is receiving unwanted attention from OSHA inspectors.Earlier this year, a...
Vehicle black boxes: drivers’ friend or foe?
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 25, 2013 | Car Accidents
State and federal safety regulators, as well as traffic reconstructionists and insurance companies in Ohio and across the country, call them indispensable. Privacy advocates call them troublesome.That object of both veneration and fear, respectively, is quite...
Consumers, Toyota settle class action sudden-speeding lawsuit
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 23, 2013 | Car Accidents
Toyota Motor Corporation continues to work its way through a veritable slog of litigation tied to the avalanche of recalls and injuries stemming from its so-called “unintended acceleration” lawsuits in the United States.Tragically, some outcomes of car...
Car safety focus: hard to overstate the importance of spot welding
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 18, 2013 | Car Accidents
Many consumers might have heard the term “spot welding” before, with a large number of them unfamiliar with the welding industry perhaps thinking that it is something akin to touch-up painting. In other words, a small and isolated problem with a product or...
NHTSA: a number of mandated safety changes still being worked out
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 15, 2013 | Car Accidents
The massive and wide-ranging federal highway bill enacted by President Obama last July came with a large number of amendments and special provisions relating to road safety across the country. In particular, Congress drafted many new provisions tasking the National...
Feds: soon to be easier to check on vehicle recalls, fixes
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 11, 2013 | Car Accidents
It has always been problematic for vehicle owners or would-be buyers in Ohio and nationally to know with absolute certainty whether a car or truck has ever been recalled for a dangerous condition.And just as importantly, consumers even having knowledge of a recall...
Report looks at Ohio’s “look-back” clause regarding drunk drivers
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 9, 2013 | Car Accidents
A recent report from WKYC leads off with police officers patrolling Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood and randomly pulling over cars at an OVI (operating a vehicle impaired) checkpoint.That activity serves as the backdrop for a discussion of Ohio's real and...
New commercial trucking rules kick in: The debate continues
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Jul 2, 2013 | Truck Accidents
They agree to disagree.That’s about all you can say about the respective viewpoints of most commercial truckers across the country, including in Ohio, and federal regulators concerning the two groups’ disparate opinions regarding newly instituted trucking...
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