It’s football season, and as any sports fans can tell you, football is a “contact sport.” Contact is an essential component of the game. In the NFL, a runner who falls to the ground is only “down” if an opposing player makes contact with him. A defensive player can be...
Year: 2021
Keeping the Verdict: Why Your Personal Injury Case Does Not End with the Jury
In a scene from the classic TV show Seinfeld Jerry goes to pick up his reserved rental car only to find out that the company “ran out of cars.” In the ensuing exchange, Jerry sarcastically points out to the rental car company employee that “you know how to take the...
Is Amazon responsible if a truck or van carrying Amazon packages causes a crash?
Media reports about Amazon trucks and vans causing catastrophic accidents as they rush to get deliveries to clients are numerous. It is logical to think that Amazon is responsible for the damages caused by these crashes, however, the retail giant has taken steps to...
Co-parenting during the holidays
The holidays are upon us. The Christmas decor is coming out even before children have determined their Halloween costumes. This is an exciting time for children, but it can also be stressful for parents who are in the middle of custody proceedings and for those...
Rittgers Rittgers & Nakajima Criminal Team Secures Dismissals in Three Counties
In the field of criminal defense, so often a client approaches a lawyer or a law firm asking to get charges dismissed or thrown out. What many people do not realize is that an outright dismissal is one of the hardest, and most rare outcomes to secure, unless the...
Who can be held liable in a trucking accident?
Some aspects of trucking accident cases are obvious: someone driving a tractor-trailer while intoxicated obviously bears responsibility for the injuries or deaths that result. However, in most cases like this, there is a lot more going on beneath the surface. For...
Can I be charged with possession of drugs if I test positive for drugs?
Can I be charged with possession of a controlled substance because I have an illegal drug in my blood stream? Classic lawyer answer: it depends. However, a recent Ohio Supreme Court case, State v. Forman, 2021-Ohio-3409, made it clear that the mere presence of a drug...
What role does social media have in divorce?
With nearly half of the world’s population now using some type of social media, escaping it is nearly impossible. How many people have your heard of that reconnected with an old high school flame through Facebook? It is everywhere. Innocently, we like to post pictures...
Why should I make a personal injury claim?
It is common for our injury lawyers to hear clients say “I’m not the suing type”. The truth is that no good person wants to be involved in a lawsuit, but sadly our clients did not have a choice– injury was thrust upon them unnaturally at no-fault of their own. Due to...
Am I eligible to Seal my Ohio Conviction?
The recent trend from the Ohio legislature has been to expand the types and number of convictions that defendants are able to have sealed, what some people often consider to be expunged. There are two factors that must be considered when determining if a defendant is...