April 28th is an international day of remembrance: Workers’ Memorial Day, a day to stop and take a moment for those who have lost their lives while working. As the Legislature in Ohio prepares to introduce further reform limiting … [Read more...] about Everyone Should Get to Return Home
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Personal Injury Medical Records: The Importance of Informing Your Doctor
Insurance companies don’t like to pay people who are injured by the companies’ customers. Those payments come right out of the companies’ bottom lines, meaning less money for their executives and investors at the end of the … [Read more...] about Personal Injury Medical Records: The Importance of Informing Your Doctor
The Tax on Ohio Legal Services Dilemma
By John C. Calabrese Earlier this month, the Ohio General Assembly proposed legislation within H.B. 59 that would result in a 5.5% tax on legal services. Prior to this proposed legal tax, there were only three other states to … [Read more...] about The Tax on Ohio Legal Services Dilemma
Injured on the Job in Ohio: Your Potential Avenues
When an injury occurs in the workplace, there are many preliminary factors that must be addressed before determining which type of claim you may pursue and the type of compensation that can be collected. In order to pursue a … [Read more...] about Injured on the Job in Ohio: Your Potential Avenues
Having Your Day in Court: A Disappearing Right
The right to a trial by your peers, better known as a jury trial, was so important to the Founding Fathers that it was envisioned and captured in the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as follows: “In suits by a common … [Read more...] about Having Your Day in Court: A Disappearing Right
Attention Sports Fans: Designated Drivers Available for Cleveland Games
Cleveland Sports Fans: Just in time for another season of Cleveland Indians baseball, Plevin & Gallucci is offering a free designated driver to one lucky fan for each home game this season. Our law firm, which has been serving … [Read more...] about Attention Sports Fans: Designated Drivers Available for Cleveland Games
Workers’ Comp Shenanigans Exposed: Letter to the Editor
I was pleased to read Thursday's story "Workers' Comp bureau ordered to refund $859M to employers." For years, injured workers have battled the notion that benefits needed to be reduced in order to temper high premium rates. … [Read more...] about Workers’ Comp Shenanigans Exposed: Letter to the Editor
Workers’ Compensation Fraud: When Employers Break the Law
The mere mention of workers’ compensation fraud unfairly invokes the picture of an injured worker doing the limbo on some tropical island with a pinã colada in hand, while awaiting his next workers’ compensation check. However, … [Read more...] about Workers’ Compensation Fraud: When Employers Break the Law
Ohio Supreme Court Creates New Hurdles for Injured Ohio Workers
In December 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision and another “half-decision” that provided further analysis of Ohio’s workplace intentional tort law. This is in addition to the Supreme Court’s decision in Hewitt v. … [Read more...] about Ohio Supreme Court Creates New Hurdles for Injured Ohio Workers
Temporary Employees Injured on the Job in Ohio: Who Has You Covered?
The use of temporary employees by U.S. employers has increased dramatically over the years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In January 1990, there were around 1.2 million temporary help workers in the U.S. In … [Read more...] about Temporary Employees Injured on the Job in Ohio: Who Has You Covered?
Workers’ Compensation in Ohio: An Update and Review
An injured worker has the right to choose whether or not to obtain legal representation in making a claim before the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Industrial Commission. Given the challenges injured workers face today … [Read more...] about Workers’ Compensation in Ohio: An Update and Review
Attorney John C. Calabrese Elected to Ohio Association for Justice Board of Directors
Calabrese Also Will Chair Association’s Ab Initio Section Cleveland, Ohio (February 28, 2013) – John C. Calabrese, an attorney with Plevin & Gallucci Company, L.P.A., one of the top plaintiffs law firms in Ohio, has been … [Read more...] about Attorney John C. Calabrese Elected to Ohio Association for Justice Board of Directors
New Ohio Law Raises Minimum Auto Insurance Requirements
On December 13, 2012, the Ohio General Assembly took a much needed step toward advancing injured victims’ rights by passing HB 278 which increases the minimum financial requirement for auto insurance. After 43 years of … [Read more...] about New Ohio Law Raises Minimum Auto Insurance Requirements
Michael D. Shroge Elected to Cleveland Artists Foundation Board
Cleveland, Ohio (January 29, 2013) -- Michael D. Shroge, an award-winning attorney with Plevin & Gallucci Co., LPA, a prominent law firm in Cleveland, Ohio representing the rights of individuals in medical malpractice, … [Read more...] about Michael D. Shroge Elected to Cleveland Artists Foundation Board
Plevin & Gallucci Now Representing Patients of Three Cleveland Hospitals in Cardiac Stent Medical Malpractice Claims
Fairview Hospital Added to List of Facilities where Cardiologist May Have Placed Stents Not Medically Necessary Patients from three prominent Cleveland-area hospitals – St. John Medical Center, Southwest General Hospital and now … [Read more...] about Plevin & Gallucci Now Representing Patients of Three Cleveland Hospitals in Cardiac Stent Medical Malpractice Claims
