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Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest freight railroad operators have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents. Two railroad companies — BNSF and Norfolk Southern — launched partial trials, but [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court last week threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, while narrowly upholding a finding he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his wealth for decades. The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of a personal-injury lawsuit involving two Summit County sheriff’s deputies on the basis that the plaintiff failed to properly serve the summons to the respondent. The 5-2 decision hinged on the notion that service to Deputy Robert Alderman Jr. did not comply with the due-process [...]
The Supreme Court of Ohio reversed an appellate decision that had determined Huntington National Bank owed the co-owner of a collection of skilled-nursing facilities a duty to disclose facts that materially increased his risk in a refinancing deal undertaken by his business partner. The court reasoned that because Ohio contract law does not require a [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing the operators of LA Fitness over allegations that they make it “exceedingly difficult” for consumers to cancel gym memberships and other related services offered in their clubs nationwide. In a complaint, the FTC accused Fitness International and its subsidiary Fitness & Sports Clubs of [...]
A Franklin County Appeals Court panel determined that a Columbus man convicted of drug trafficking and related offenses in 2013 missed his opportunity to appeal a 2014 resentencing when he failed to raise the issue in a direct appeal at the time. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel affirmed the Franklin County Common Pleas [...]
A United States appeals court has temporarily blocked the transfer of federal forest land in Arizona to a pair of international companies that plan to mine one of the largest copper deposits in North America. The transfer was scheduled for Tuesday, but a panel of judges with the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals issued [...]
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit this week against a ticket broker, alleging the company used illegal tactics to exceed purchasing limits for popular events and then resold tickets at significantly higher prices. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Maryland, the FTC said Maryland-based ticket broker Key Investment Group has used thousands [...]
A Franklin County appellate panel affirmed a trial court’s judgment in favor of First Bank of Ohio, which sought to collect on an auto loan that was in default. The Tenth District Court of Appeals panel held that the Franklin County Common Pleas Court neither lacked jurisdiction to rule on the complaint nor did it [...]
Ten Medicaid providers — including a Columbus woman — are accused of stealing a combined $1.9 million from the government health-care program for the needy, according to indictments filed this week by the Ohio attorney general’s office. Nine home-health aides and one provider of home-delivered meals face varying felony charges of Medicaid fraud and theft [...]