>Spotlight: Erin Hess

Erin focuses her practice on health care law, medical malpractice, physician and hospital liability and long term care liability. She has extensive trial experience, having tried over 45 medical malpractice and long term care jury trials throughout Northeast Ohio.

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Reminger Reports

Year: 2015

Date	Subject	Practice Area	Attorney(s)
12/7/2015	Ohio Supreme Court Rules that a Plaintiff Cannot Maintain a Class Action under the OCSPA without Proof that all Proposed Class Members were Injured	Environmental / Mass Tort / Class Action	Clifford C. Masch
11/30/2015	Court of Appeals Decision May Increase Damages Awards for Injured Plaintiffs Covered by Public Health Insurance Plans	General Liability/Surplus Risks	Anthony L. Holton
11/16/2015	Injured Worker’s Inability to Dismiss an Employer Workers’ Compensation Court Appeal without Consent from the Employer Is Ruled Unconstitutional	Workers' Compensation	Rebecca A. Rayner Kevin R. Sanislo
10/27/2015	Recent Ohio Courts of Appeals’ Decisions Call Into Question the Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements Executed Without Actual Authority	Long-Term Care Liability	Taylor Knight Danny Merril Newman Jr.
10/26/2015	Standing in the Shoes of the Insured: Ohio Statutory Subrogation Now Made Whole	General Liability/Surplus Risks	Acacia Brush Perko
10/20/2015	Indiana Supreme Court Rules on Attorney Fees Under Indiana's Wrongful Death Statute	General Liability/Surplus Risks	Anthony L. Holton
10/19/2015	Indiana Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Bystander Recovery in Claims of Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress	General Liability/Surplus Risks	Lyndsay I. Ignasiak
9/15/2015	NLRB Drastically Expands Meaning of “Joint Employer"	Employment Practices Defense
8/3/2015	The U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes Disparate Impact Claims Under the Fair Housing Act	Real Estate	Jonathan Krol
7/29/2015	Indiana Supreme Court Finds Coverage Limits in UM Policies Admissible as Evidence of Damages at Trial	General Liability/Surplus Risks Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith	Lyndsay I. Ignasiak
7/29/2015	Ohio Supreme Court Addresses Element of Foreseeability Within a Medical Negligence Claim	Medical Malpractice	Warren M. Enders
6/29/2015	Intent to Threaten: Supreme Court Overturns Conviction for Threatening Posts Made on Facebook	Intellectual Property/E-Commerce and Cyber Risk
6/23/2015	The Supreme Court of Ohio Expands Retaliatory Discharge Claims for Reporting Patient Abuse	Employment Practices Defense Long-Term Care Liability	Danny Merril Newman Jr.
6/22/2015	Governmental Immunity Applies To Township & Township Trustees For Demolition Of Unsafe Structure	Governmental/Public Entity Liability	Vincent P. Antaki
6/15/2015	Arbitration Panel Overturns A Decade Old Voluntary Settlement	Professional Liability
6/9/2015	Unqualified Dismissal Divests Court of Jurisdiction to Enforce Settlement	General Liability/Surplus Risks	Jonathan Krol
6/2/2015	An Employer May Have An Obligation To Offer An Accommodation To A Job Applicant Even If The Applicant Does Not Ask For The Accommodation	Employment Practices Defense	Holly Marie Wilson
5/26/2015	Ohio Supreme Court Rules Cleveland's "Jock Tax" Unconstitutional	Corporate & General Business Sports and Entertainment
5/18/2015	Sixth Circuit Holds That Attendance Is A Job Requirement And Rejects EEOC's Demand For Telework As ADA Accommodation	Employment Practices Defense	Holly Marie Wilson
4/6/2015	Insurance Company Has No Duty To Indemnify Policyholder For Employer Intentional Tort	Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith	Brian D. Sullivan
4/1/2015	Intentional Intrusions Of Patient-Privacy May Be Pursued Under A Theory Of General Medical Negligence In Indiana	Health Care Medical Malpractice	Logan C. Hughes
3/18/2015	Insurance Agents Duty to Recommend Adequate Coverage And Potential Insurers Vicarious Liability	Professional Liability	Logan C. Hughes
3/9/2015	Running Credit Checks on Employment Candidates	Employment Practices Defense
3/9/2015	The Ohio Supreme Court “Forecloses” on Collateral Attacks to Standing	Commercial Litigation
3/4/2015	Supreme Court Finds that Severance Payments Are Subject to FICA Payroll Taxes	Employment Practices Defense	Jonathan Krol
3/4/2015	Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Local Fracking Ban	Oil, Natural Gas and Energy	Rafael P. McLaughlin
2/11/2015	Increased Government Scrutiny Expected for Medicare and Medicaid Providers in 2015	Health Care	Brian T. Gannon
2/11/2015	Ohio Amends the Definition of “Medical Claim” to Include Language Favorable to Long-Term Care Facilities	Long-Term Care Liability	Taylor Knight
2/10/2015	Ohio Rules That Knowledge Of A Judgment Does Not Trigger Time To Appeal	Appellate Advocacy	Holly Marie Wilson
1/14/2015	There Is Such A Thing As Bad Publicity – The Ohio Legislature Restricts the Use of Nursing Home Inspections or Surveys in Advertisements	Long-Term Care Liability	Michael M. Mahon