Weston Hurd’s 2023 – Desktop Legal Primer for Ohio Claims serves as a comprehensive go-to-guide and useful reference tool. Researched and written by Weston Hurd attorneys, the Primer contains Ohio statutes, case citations, and covers topics involving:
- Claim Limitation Periods – Statutes of Limitation; Product Liability Statute of Repose; Construction Statute of Repose; Legal Malpractice Statute of Repose; Employment Discrimination Claims Under O.R.C. 4112; Employment Law Claims
- Employer Intentional Tort
- Employment Practices
- Damages – Caps on Non-Economic (Pain and Suffering) Damages; Caps on Punitive Damages; Damage to Real Property; Damage to Personal Property; Admissibility of “Writedown” of Medical Bills; Evidence of Collateral Benefits Paid to Plaintiff; Prejudgment and Post Judgment Interest; Parental Liability; Settlement of a Claim by a Minor; Statutory Damages
- Negligence
- Joint and Several Tort Liability
- Contribution, Indemnity and Effect of a Payment and Release
- Automobile Insurance – Mandatory Liability Limits; Insurance for Transportation Network Company Gigs; Pro-rata v. Excess Coverage; UM/UIM Coverage; Seatbelt, Protective Eye Device and Protective Helmet Use Requirements and Admissibility
- Declaratory Judgment Actions – Joinder; Insurer’s Coverage Defenses Against Supplemental Petitions
- Insurance Coverage – Construction Defect Claims; Allocation; Employer Intentional Tort; Punitive Damages; Retroactive Cancellation of Liability Insurance; Contract Void Ab Initio; Jurisdiction; Claims Against Insurance Agents/Brokers; Limitation of Action Provisions; Attorney Fees in Declaratory Judgment Actions; Waiver and Estoppel; Ohio Supreme Court Insurance Coverage Decisions on 2022
- Subrogation and Liens – The Make Whole Doctrine; Workers’ Compensation Subrogation; Ohio Medicaid Subrogation; Federal Medicare Subrogation
- Ohio Fair Claims Practices Act – Unfair Property/Casualty Claims Settlement Practices
- Worksite Accidents
- Key Time Requirements in Ohio State Court Under Ohio Civil Rules
- Time for Filing Appeals to Courts of Appeals from Trial Courts of Record in Ohio
- Time for Filing Appeals to Ohio Supreme Court
