In the News

First grader suffers head injury in school, lawyer says school didn’t call 911
Volunteer coach sentenced for sexual relationship with teenager

Former Pastor Accused of Sexually Assaulting Grandaughter

July 08, 2021 – Crooksville grandfather allegedly sexually assaulted granddaughter
July 28, 2021 – Woman sues grandfather for alleged sex assaults in her childhood
December 1, 2021 – Man sued for sex abuse of granddaughter indicted for multiple rapes

Aaron Buckenmeyer: Man assaulted by Dick’s Sporting Goods officer
Jul 2, 2021 – Toledo law office files suit against Dick’s Sporting Goods regarding 2020 assault case
July 2, 2021 – Estate of man allegedly assaulted by Dick’s loss prevention officer files lawsuit
July 3, 2021 – Lawsuit filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods, loss prevention officer
Start High School Student sexually assaulted by coach
May 10, 2021 – Lawyer: Student alleging sexual assault by TPS coach “dealing with a pregnancy”
May 12, 2021 – Law firm calls for victims to come forward in Start High School misconduct investigation
May 12, 2012 – Investigation into TPS volunteer coach continues
Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit against Temperance priest
July 12, 2021 – Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit against Temperance priest
Priest who condemned teen’s suicide during funeral is protected by First Amendment: court
July 10, 2021 – Priest who condemned teen’s suicide during funeral is protected by First Amendment: court
High School Student Sexual Assault
May 12, 2021 – Investigation Into TPS Volunteer Coach Continues
May 12, 2021 – Law firm calls for victims to come forward in Start High School misconduct investigation
May 10, 2021 – Lawyer: Student alleging sexual assault by TPS coach “dealing with a pregnancy”
May 12, 2021 – Victim of alleged grooming, sexual assault by Start HS volunteer coach is ‘now dealing with a pregnancy,’ lawyers say

Firefighters’ Workers’ Compensation Suit

October 9, 2020 – City opposing workers’ comp claims for firefighters with cancer

Bar Assault Suit

May 29, 2020 – Man sues bar after assault

COVID-19 Response

Business Continuity During COVID-19: Best Practices From Top Executives

Child Victim’s Civil Suit

Apr 10, 2020 – Convicted rapist sued by victim in Lake County Court

Maggie Vasquez-Cromer, et al. v. City of Toledo

July 29, 2019 – WTOL

Riehm v. Green Springs Case

January 13, 2019 – Man wants Ohio Supreme Court to consider Seneca County wrongful death suit

January 9, 2019 – Husband of woman killed by Green Springs fire truck appeals to Ohio Supreme Court

January 8, 2019 – Appeal filed with Ohio’s high court

December 29, 2018 – Wrongful death lawsuit filed in Hogrefe explosion (Must be a subscriber to the Northwest Signal to view)

December 28, 2018 – Wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2017 explosion in Napoleon (Must be a subscriber to the Bryan Times to view)

December 25, 2018 – Family sues Napoleon junkyard over fatal explosion

December 23, 2018 – Daughter of Napoleon man killed in explosion files wrongful death suit (Must be a subscriber of Crecent News to view)

December 20, 2018 – Daughter of Napoleon man killed in junkyard explosion files lawsuit

Lawsuit against Dr. James Gideon after he sexually assaulted his patients

The Courier – 7.20.2017 – Four patients file lawsuit against doctor

The Courier – 7.19.17 – Four women file lawsuits against Bluffton doctor

WTOL – 7.18.2017 – Northwest Ohio doctor accused of sexual battery by three patients

Toledo Blade – 7.18.2017 – Suit filed against Bluffton doctor for alleged sexual assault

Lawsuit against Otsego Schools after Sexual Assault

Review Times – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

NBC 24 – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit filed against Otsego School District

Associated Press – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

13abc – March 21, 2017 – Local family files lawsuit against Otsego Local Schools

WDTN News 2 Dayton – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

Urbana Daily Citizen – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

Toledo Blade – March 21, 2017 – Student’s parents file suit against Otsego schools

Washington Times – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

The Vindicator – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

The Delaware Gazette – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

The Findlay Courier – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

Sidney Daily News – March 21, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

Sentinel Tribune – March 22, 2017 –– Ex-student’s parents file suit against Otsego

Record Courier – March 22, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

Bellefountaine Examiner – March 22, 2017 – Lawsuit: School Officials Didn’t Protect Girl from Assault

Toledo Blade – March 22, 2017 – Parents sue Otsego; harassment alleged

Ohio Fire Truck Wrongful Death

Clay Center Dispatch – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Tiffin woman

Findlay Courier – December 14, 2016 – Family Files Suit After Firetruck Hits, Kills Ohio Woman

Fire Law Blog – December 14, 2016 -Fatal Backing Accident Results in Wrongful Death Suit in Ohio

FOX19 WXIX TV – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Fremont News Messenger – December 14, 2016 – Lawsuit filed in woman’s death by firetruck

Herald Courier Bristol VA – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Herald Dispatch Huntington WV – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Hometown Stations – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Lima News – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Madison Press – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Roanoke Times – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

The Argus Press – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Tulsa World Oklahoma – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Urbana Daily Citizen – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Washington Times – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

WCSM Radio – December 14, 2016 – Family of a jogger struck and killed by a firetruck backing onto a walking path is suing

WDTN – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

West Plains Daily Quill – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits , kills Ohio woman

WHIO Dayton – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

WHIZ Zanesville – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

WNIR Akron – December 14, 2016 – Jogger’s family files suit

WNWO NBC 24 – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Tiffin woman

WTOL CBS 11 – December 14, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman

Toledo Blade – December 15, 2016 – Green Springs firefighter, department sued for death

The Advertiser Tribune – December 15, 2016 – Lawsuit filed against fire department, firefighter

Firehouse.com – December 15, 2016 -OH Firefighter Dept. Sued in Woman’s Death

AP News – December 15, 2016 – Family files suit after firetruck hits, kills Ohio woman.

National news coverage on a lawsuit filed against Tate Funeral Home on behalf of our clients, the family members of Thomas Gaston, after alleged mistreatment of bodies

NY Times – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies

Fox News – June 8, 2015 – Family files lawsuit against suspended Ohio funeral director after 11 bodies found

San Francisco Chronicle – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Yahoo News UK – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Washington Times – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Toledo Blade – June 9 – Family sues funeral home for failing to care for body

“It is a shock to the conscience of the community to treat the body of a deceased individual with anything less than the utmost care and respect,” attorney Charles E. Boyk, who filed the complaint, said in a news release. “The family would like some answers and to place Mr. Tate under oath. The lawsit will provide the opportunity to get complete answers and hopefully some closure to this tragic event.”

Cleveland Plain Dealer – June 18, 2015 – Search of funeral home reveals bodies, secrets amid investigation

“Charles Boyk, a Toledo attorney representing the family of Thomas Gaston, whose remains were found in a corner of the funeral home’s chapel, said: ‘It is almost beyond comprehension that someone could do this. It’s like a third-world country.’”

Albany Times Union – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Ashland News Gazette – June 9, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Beaumont Enterprise – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Burleson Star – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Canton Repository – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Chico Enterprise-Record – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Connecticut Post – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Contra Costa Times – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit field over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Elkhart Truth – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Fairfield Citizen– June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Graham Leader – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Greenfield Daily Reporter – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

GreenwichTime – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Houston Chronicle – June 8, 2015 -Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Ktar News – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Long Beach Press Telegram – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Marietta Times – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Martins Ferry Times Leader – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Massillon Independent – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Minneapolis StarTribune – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Monroe News – June 9 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Toledo funeral home

Monterey Herald – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Morning Journal News – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

NBC 24 – June 9 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Toledo funeral home

Oroville Mercury Register – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Paradise Post – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Parkersburg News – June 9 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

San Antonio Express-News – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

San Jose Mercury News – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Santa Cruz Sentinel – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Seattle Post‑Intelligencer – June 8, 2015- Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

The Morning Journal – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Toledo funeral home

The News-Herald – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Toledo funeral home

The Reporter – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

The Review – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Times Reporter – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Toledo Blade – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed in Tate Funeral Services case

Uniontown Harold Standard – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Vallejo Times Herald – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

WFMJ – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

WKBN – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

WTOL – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

Youngstown Vindicator – June 8, 2015 – Lawsuit filed over bodies found in Ohio funeral home

National News Coverage after the Judge’s Ruling Allowed Clyde Cancer Cluster trial to move forward

Associated Press – February 11, 2014

Thomson Reuters Blog – February 10, 2014

NPR Radio – February 11, 2014

San Francisco Chronicle – February 11, 2014

Washington Times – February 11, 2014

Seattle Post-Intelligencer – February 11, 2014

Detroit Free Press – February 11, 2014

Columbus Dispatch – February 11, 2014

13abc Toledo – February 11, 2014

CBS Toledo WTOL – February 11, 2014

NBC 24 Toledo – February 10, 2014

“This is a huge decision that will for the first time require Whirlpool to reveal the information that they have been reluctant to disclose,” Boyk said. “It is one small step in the search for the truth, and we look forward to examining the information that Whirlpool will have to release.”

Sandusky Register – February 11, 2014

Marietta Times – February 11, 2014

The Kansas City Star – February 11, 2014

The Greenfield Reporter – February 11, 2014

The Toledo Blade – February 11, 2014

NBC Cleveland WKYC – February 11, 2014

The Morning News Journal – February 11, 2014

The News Herald – February 11, 2014

Kent State University Radio – February 11, 2014

The Daily Record – February 11, 2014

WDTN 2 News Dayton – February 11, 2014

19 Action News Cleveland – February 11, 2014

CBS 46 Atlanta – February 11, 2014

Live 5 News CBS – February 11, 2014

Manufacturing.net – February 11, 2014

13 ABC Toledo – Family of 16-year-old traumatic brain injury victim sues hazing coach, school system

National news coverage on lawsuit filed against Woodmore High School on behalf of 16-year-old football hazing victim

Washington Times – February 4, 2014

13 abc – February 4, 2014

WTOL – February 3, 2014

The Press – February 4, 2014

Fremont News Messenger – February 4, 2014

Columbus Dispatch – February 4, 2014

Toledo Blade – February 4, 2014

Dayton Daily News – February 4, 2014

WLWT5 Cincinnati – February 4, 2014

The Courier – February 4, 2014

Port Clinton News Herald – February 4, 2014

CBS Cleveland – February 4, 2014

Coloradoan – February 4, 2014

News-Herald – February 4, 2014

Claims Journal – February 4, 2014

Norwalf Reflector – February 4, 2014

Canton Rep – February 4, 2014

News OK – February 4, 2014

NetworkOfCare.org – February 4, 2014

Military Messages highlighted by the Toledo Blade

Toledo Blade – December 29, 2014 – Law firm helps send messages to troops

NBC 4 Columbus – Lawsuit filed against apartment complex where James Russell Jenkins & Elijah Walker drowned

Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed For 5-Year-Old Rescuer Who Died After Pond Incident, NBC 4 WCMH, December 15, 2013

Families of Boy and His Attempted Rescuer Sue Over Drowning Deaths, ABC 6 On Your Side, December 13, 2013.

Lawsuit Filed Against Apartment Complex for Pond Deaths, CBS 10, December 13, 2013.

Families of Boy and His Attempted Rescuer Sue Over Drowning Deaths, My Fox 28, December 13, 2013.

Lawsuit Filed Against Apartment Complex for Pond Deaths, Ohio News/ICITO.com, December 13, 2013.

Lawsuit Filed Against Apartment Complex for Pond Deaths, BigNewsNetwork.com, December 13, 2013.

Lawsuit Filed Against Apartment Complex for Pond Deaths, Topix.com, December 13, 2013.

Families of Boy and His Attempted Rescuer Sue Over Drowning Deaths, SiloBreaker.com, December 13, 2013

 Toledo man sues former employer over injury, Toledo Blade, December 10, 2013

Noted filmmaker to feature cancer cluster families in documentary, Fremont News Messenger, October 22, 2013

Fox Toledo – Town Hall meeting on Clyde Cancer Cluster lawsuit

Attorneys claim they have cancer cluster culprit: benzaldehyde, Port Clinton News Herald, May 15, 2013

Federal lawsuit against Whirlpool for Clyde Cancer Cluster, WNWO NBC 24 Toledo, May 15, 2013

Clyde Cancer Cluster families sue Whirlpool Corp, 13 ABC Toledo, May 15, 2013

Clyde Cluster families lawsuit alleges cause of cancer, WTOL CBS 11 Toledo, May 15, 2013

Lawsuit filed against Whirlpool Corp. in Clyde, Ohio’s child cancer cluster case, ABC News 5 Cleveland, March 28, 2013

Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool, Stark County Press-News, May 15, 2013

Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool, Columbus Dispatch, May 15, 2013

Another Lawsuit Filed in Cancer Cluster Case, Fox 8 News Cleveland, May 15, 2013

27 Plaintiffs sue Whirlpool over Clyde cancer cluster, Norwalk Reflector, May 15, 2013

Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool, Orlando Sentinel, May 15, 2013

Families in Ohio cancer cluster suing Whirlpool, Washington Examiner, May 15, 2013

Lawsuit in Clyde cancer cluster will take years, ABC News 5 Cleveland, May 20, 2013

Lawyers representing Clyde families hold town hall, 13 ABC Toledo, May 27, 2013

Residents Briefed on ‘Clyde Cancer Cluster’ Case, Fox 8 News Cleveland, May 27, 2013

Cancer cluster families speak out, Fremont News Messenger, May 27, 2013

Town meeting held for cancer cluster questions, WTOL CBS 11 Toledo, May 27, 2013

13 ABC Toledo – Negligence lawsuit filed against TPS on behalf of mother of sick 8th grader

Mother files lawsuit against TPS after daughter falls ill, World Now News, October 28, 2013

Lawsuit filed against Toledo Public Schools for neglect of student, NBC 24, October 28, 2013

Mother files lawsuit against TPS after daughter falls ill, WTOL CBS News 11 Toledo, October 28, 2013

Parent cites negligence in lawsuit against TPS, Toledo Blade, October 28, 2013

Mother files lawsuit against TPS after daughter falls ill, Eyewitness News 3 in Hartford, CT – October 28, 2013

NBC 24 Toledo – Discussion on recent Toledo regulations regarding pit bulls – 11pm