To answer the question in the title directly, no. Texting and driving is not a primary offense in Ohio. This does not mean that drivers are allowed to text and drive with impunity in the Buckeye State. Nor does relegating texting and driving to a secondary offense mean that drivers can avoid being held liable […]
In Ohio, Who Is Liable When a Dog Running in the Street Causes a Crash With Injuries? The owner of a dog (or cat) is liable for all serious injuries and property damage caused by the animal. The short legal explanation for this is that Ohio dog law amounts to property law. Just as the […]
Why is It Important To Hire An Experienced Attorney When Injured In A Trucking Accident Personal injury and wrongful death cases following truck accidents differ from those involving car crashes in many ways. The most obvious—and tragic—difference is that people who get hit by a tractor-trailer, construction vehicle or some other large truck tend to […]
Strengthening Ohio’s distracted driving laws just before 2019 has not eliminated the dangers posed by people who make the choice to concentrate on anything other than safely operating their vehicles. Perhaps nothing could, but something needed to be done to address a public safety crisis that left more than 50 people dead in the state […]
Geofencing scooters factors into many plans for integrating rentable Lime and Bird electronic scooters into the transportation mix of Ohio cities. This is a bad idea. While it does make sense to restrict e-scooter riders to certain areas to limit risks for crashes and catastrophic injuries, creating a Lime or Bird geofence could be the […]
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