Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Michael Hawsman injured his knee on a swimming pool diving board at the Nat in 2006, and the family has been engaged in a lawsuit against the city ever since.
After six years of court proceedings, the family of Michael Hawsman scored a major victory in their pursuit to sue the City of Cuyahoga Falls after he injured his leg on a Natatorium diving board in 2006. In a unanimous decision, the Ohio Supreme Court justices ruled Tuesday that a "state law granting civil immunity to local governments did not bar the family of Michael Hawsman from seeking damages ... ," reports the Falls News Press. The family claimed the diving board wasn’t properly maintained, which led to the injury. The city, however, said it was immune from such liability and cited a section of the Ohio Revised Code to back its case. The Summit County Court of Common Pleas had sided with the city, but in 2011, the Ninth District …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Unsure which judicial candidates to vote for in November? Judge4Yourself web site can help sort out the candidates.
Looking for some information on the candidates for Ohio Supreme Court? Luckily, an independent, non-partisan group has done some resesarch for you. The results of their efforts? Judge4Yourself.com. There, readers can see ratings by four bar associations of every candidate in contested judicial races. This fall, Ohio voters will decide three races for Ohio Supreme Court, the state's highest court. The website is a project of the Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition, a collaboration of the Norman S. Minor Bar Association, The Ohio Women's Bar Association, the Cuyahoga Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Each judicial candidate who chooses to participate in the ratings process completes a …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Michael Hawsman injured his knee on a swimming pool diving board at the Natatorium in 2006 and the family has been engaged in a lawsuit against the city ever since.
From the local level on up to the Ohio Supreme Court, the case of Michael Hawsman has certainly made a splash in the state’s judicial system. In 2006, Hawsman injured his leg on a diving board at the Natatorium and his family has been trying to sue the city – which owns the fitness center – ever since, reports the Falls News Press. They claim the diving board wasn’t properly maintained, which led to the injury. The city, however, said it was immune from such liability and cited a section of the Ohio Revised Code to back its case. The Summit County Court of Common Pleas had sided with the city, but in 2011, the Ninth District Court of Appeals overturned the ruling per an appeal by the Hawsman family, according to Falls Law Director Paul …
Kay McIntosh
6:33 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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