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6th Circuit rejects arguments company was not a named insured for asbestos claims
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A panel of appellate judges recently affirmed a district court's ruling to deny further insurance coverage in suits filed against a company for its production of paint and drywall containing asbestos.
Date Published: February 8, 2012
OSU study: Growing health disparity among those with same socioeconomic status
RICK ADAMCZAK, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Past research has expectedly found discrepancies in health between people of different socioeconomic classes, whether it's differences in education or income or other factors.
Date Published: February 8, 2012
Appeals court judge: Lawyer not ineffective, could not do job without conveying 'bad news'
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A three-judge appellate panel recently affirmed a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judgment convicting a man of possession of cocaine with specifications and tampering with evidence.
Date Published: February 8, 2012
Proposed state legislation would widen civil immunity provisions for physicians
TIFFANY L. PARKS, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A Copley lawmaker is pushing for the passage of a bill to expand the bounds of civil immunity for physicians.
Date Published: February 8, 2012
Supreme Court Law Library display honors Black History Month
Although Ohio was a free state in the 1800s, the state’s treatment of African Americans trying to build a new life was anything but free. In recognition of Black History Month, the Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library, for the first time, is displaying items from that piece of Ohio’s history.
Date Published: February 8, 2012
Court overrules termination of Cleveland's race-based hiring practices for firefighters
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A 6th Circuit Court of Appeals panel recently overruled a district court's judgment denying the extension of a decree that rectified racial discrimination in the hiring of Cleveland firefighters.
Date Published: February 7, 2012
Bill would authorize solicitations of private contributions for state scholarships
TIFFANY L. PARKS, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A bill that would authorize the administrators of two state-based scholarship programs to apply for grants and receive contributions from public and private sources is seeing movement in the Ohio General Assembly.
Date Published: February 7, 2012
Recently proposed legislation designed to stimulate growth of Ohio's agriculture industry
TIFFANY L. PARKS, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Ohio lawmakers are pushing proposals designed to encourage the growth of agricultural businesses in the state.
Date Published: February 7, 2012
With NHL all-star game and golf's Presidents Cup, 2013 will be banner year for sports in Ohio
RICK ADAMCZAK, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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(Columbus)When the surprising announcement was made that Columbus would host the National Hockey League all-star game in 2013, it was met with jubilation from civic leaders.
Date Published: February 7, 2012
10th District determines lower court does have jurisdiction in sex offender classification case
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A 10th District Court of Appeals panel recently reversed a lower court's judgment that it lacked jurisdiction to classify a man as a sex offender.
Date Published: February 6, 2012
10th District rejects claim of false imprisonment
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A 10th District Court of Appeals panel recently rejected a former Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction inmate's arguments that he was falsely imprisoned.
Date Published: February 6, 2012
10th District judges say proposed real estate transaction lacked any 'meeting of minds'
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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The 10th District Court of Appeals panel Thursday, January 26th, rejected arguments of Frank Orders that the common pleas court should not have allowed Huntington National Bank to add Thirty-Seven Corporation as the defendant and dismiss itself from the lawsuit, and that the court was wrong to grant summary judgment in favor of the corporation.
Date Published: February 6, 2012
February disciplinary hearings announced
The following schedule of cases is set for hearings by the Supreme Court’s Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline in February. All hearings take place before a three-member panel of the board and are open to the public. The hearings involve an individual attorney or judge who is charged with professional misconduct.
Date Published: February 6, 2012
Proposed law would regulate licensure of nuisance wild animal control companies
TIFFANY L. PARKS, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Lawmakers from Sabina and Columbus have joined together to sponsor a bill focused on nuisance wild animal control companies.
Date Published: February 6, 2012
Court rules amendment to complaint does not constitute following proper procedure
JESSICA SHAMBAUGH, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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A 10th District Court of Appeals panel last week denied a Toledo Correctional Institution inmate's motion to amend his complaint and dismissed his request for a writ of mandamus.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Venture capital funding for Ohio firms rose 10 percent last year
RICK ADAMCZAK, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Investors put more than 10 percent more money into Ohio start-ups last year than they did in 2010, according to a new report.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Proposed legislation would authorize bingo, games of chance at county fairs across Ohio
TIFFANY L. PARKS, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Rep. Margaret Ann Ruhl has proposed a bill that would remove a long-standing state ban on conducting charity games of chance in connection with fairs.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Connect Ohio touts benefits of broadband for health care field
RICK ADAMCZAK, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Physicians, nurses and other health-care workers always have needed to keep up to date with medical advancements, but now they also have to keep up with changing technology.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Ohio lawmakers introduce resolution to affirm work of pregnancy resource centers
TIFFANY L. PARKS, Daily Reporter Staff Writer
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Ohio Right to Life has endorsed a new House resolution to recognize the contributions of pregnancy resource centers.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
In Rhode Island, a student’s lesson in religious freedom
Charles C. Haynes, First Amendment Center
Inside the First Amendment
At the tender age of 16, Jessica Ahlquist has already endured more verbal abuse than most people experience in a lifetime.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Wright State’s education program ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report
By Jim Hannah
U.S. News & World Report has given Wright State University’s online master’s in Education degree program training teachers to be leaders in the field the No. 1 ranking in faculty credentials and training.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Dave Harper, has been named interim vice president for University advancement at the University of Dayton
Dave Harper, associate vice president for athletics, has been named interim vice president for University advancement at the University of Dayton.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Bolstering Airbus
The University of Dayton Research Institute will participate in a research and development consortium of six Ohio companies and organizations who will provide new composite materials, products and technologies to Airbus.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Solon schools claim victory at second Science Olympiad Invitational
More than 1,500 sixth through 12th-graders from 10 states competed in a variety of science competitions covering the fields of biology, chemistry, earth science, astronomy, engineering, physics and technology.
Date Published: February 3, 2012
Sinclair Community College Upcoming Events
24th Annual Life & Health Sciences Career Job Fair
Date Published: February 3, 2012