It is with great sorrow that we inform everyone that our colleague, partner, and friend Donald P. Wiley passed away on October 27. Don, whose specialty was civil litigation, was with Baker Dublikar 27 years. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Don major…
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In August of 2021, Ralph Dublikar defended Pike Mutual Insurance Company in a case involving a claim for property damage under a homeowner’s insurance policy arising from a fire at the plaintiffs’ home. Pike Mutual had paid the plaintiffs…
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On September 21, 2021, the Seventh District Court of Appeals issued an opinion in the case of Tucker Irwin v. Island Creek Township wherein the Court reversed the trial court’s denial of immunity. The case involved an accident wherein a minor opera…
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On September 27, 2021, partners Mel Lute and Andrea Ziarko defended two police officers in a case involving allegations of civil rights violations, excessive force and intentional infliction of emotional distress before a jury in the U.S. District Co…
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Winter is a frosty time of year in Ohio. It’s cold, icy and slick. There might be no snow when you walk into work and piles of it by the time you try to leave. Thanks to the lake effect and other weather patterns, North Canton gets its share of bad…
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When you suffer a head injury, you may be worried about the lingering impact of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The mildest — and we use that word loosely, as all brain injuries should be taken seriously — type of TBI is a concussion. But it can…
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Teens are learning how to drive, and that can mean that mistakes are made. Ohio has rules and laws to prevent teens from driving with too many passengers or driving while impaired, but that doesn’t mean that those situations don’t happen. Unfortu…
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Panic buying is a term that you have probably been seeing in the news a lot lately. It’s a term that describes people going to stores and buying entire aisles of stock, so that others can’t get access to those items. Panic buying usually happens…
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Modern business can be incredibly cutthroat. Your competitors could do all kinds of things to try to reduce your market share from intentionally sabotaging your business to stealing your idea or mimicking your packaging to dilute your brand. Constant…
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One of the most important things that people who run small or medium-sized businesses can do is take out insurance before they open their doors to the public. Insurance policies protect businesses, and they also extend important protections to custom…
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