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On January 14, 2010, after a four day trial, an Ottawa
County jury returned a unanimous verdict awarding the
firm’s client every penny for which he asked. Tried by
Rick Kerger and Khary Hanible, the case involved a
dispute over the retirement of an accountant from the
firm he helped found. Problems which arose before the
firm represented him raised serious issues as to whether
the client would receive any of the $540,000 owed for
his interest in the firm. The company raised numerous
defenses which it believed would bar recovery and the
Judge let the jury consider all of the defenses. Before
returning its verdict the jury sent a single question to
the Judge which was “Can we award the plaintiff more
than the $540,000?” The Judge answered that they could
not and within moments all of the jurors signed the
verdict awarding our client the $540,000 he had sought.
The firm has recently filed two significant new
cases.
One
is a class action seeking relief for owner of dogs and
cats who were injured through the injection of a
defective insulin product known as Vetsulin.
Joining with Kerger & Hartman as counsel for the
class is Dennis Murray Jr. of the firm of
Murray &
Murray.
The
action, filed December 18, 2009, is a national class
action against Schering-Plough, the manufacturer of
Vetsulin which has now been pulled from the market. The case is pending in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Ohio before Chief
Judge James G. Carr.
This suit was brought on December 23, 2009 on
behalf of Barbie and Herman Harrison against the City of
Toledo regarding negligence in maintaining water lines
supplying fire hydrants near their home that was located
in the historic district of Westmoreland. The home, and all of its contents were destroyed
in a fire which occurred on June 9, 2009.
Initially the fire department was able to contain
the flames but water pressure was lost and attempts to
attach to another hydrant resulted in no improvement in
pressure. By the
time a properly working hydrant was reached, the fire
was out of control.
The case is pending in the Lucas County Court of
Common Pleas
before Judge Charles
J. Doneghy.
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