Richard D. Schuster

Richard D. Schuster | Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Ohio General Assembly has struggled with the tort beast for nearly 30 years, since the Medical Malpractice Crisis of the late 1970s when many professional insurance carriers suddenly stopped writing malpractice insurance for surgeons and obstetricians. On January 6, 2005, however, Governor...

Richard D. Schuster, Susan B. Harty, Nina I. Webb-Lawton | Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Asbestos and "toxic tort" personal injury claims are growing exponentially across the United States, and not necessarily because sickness is increasing. Widespread use of asbestos stopped in the 1970s, and the number of mesothelioma cancer claims from asbestos has hovered at about 2,000 cases a...