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		<title>Failure to Wear Seat Belt May Cost You More Than Just a Ticket</title>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, we began discussing the annual two-week “Click It or Ticket” campaign that is taking place in Ohio and across the nation. If the possibilities of receiving a citation or suffering catastrophic injuries are not enough to persuade motorists to buckle up, there is another significant drawback to not buckling up that all motorists should keep in mind. In Ohio, if you suffer injuries in a car accident that was the fault of another driver, the amount of your damages could be significantly reduced if you were not wearing a seat belt. Ohio is one of 15 states that allows for what is often called a “seat belt defense.” Even if the other driver is clearly at fault for the car collision, the seat belt defense uses a comparative fault system that essentially determines how much of the damages were  exacerbated by the injured party not wearing a seat...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/failure-to-wear-seat-belt-may-cost-you-more-than-just-a-ticket/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seat Belt Use in Ohio Improving, But Still Behind National Average</title>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[With Memorial Day on the horizon, members of the Ohio State Patrol and local police agencies throughout the state will be identifying and ticketing unbuckled motorists as part of the nationwide “Click It or Ticket” campaign that kicked off on Monday. This year’s campaign runs through June 3, and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that the annual two-week crackdown has resulted in more than 3 million seat belt citations being issued over the last five years. That translates to one ticket every other second. While NHTSA statistics indicate that seat belts saved an estimated 12,546 lives nationwide in 2010, more than half of the 22,187 passengers killed in motor vehicle crashes were not wearing seat belts at the time of their accidents. In Ohio, the percentage of fatalities was even higher at 61 percent. According to NHTSA, seat belt use in Ohio was 83.8 percent in 2010....<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/seat-belt-use-in-ohio-improving-but-still-behind-national-average/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Moore Law’ Helps Viewers Learn How to Help ‘Kids in Trouble’</title>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Children’s Law Center, Inc. founder and executive director Kim Brooks Tandy joined Moore Law host and local TV journalist Deb Haas and attorney co-host Don Moore to discuss “Kids in Trouble” today. Kim explained that she founded the organization dedicated to protecting the rights of kids 23 years ago and the Law Center works on both sides of the river in Ohio and Kentucky. “We also do some things regionally and we have a national presence on some issues,” Kim said, adding that they deal with kids in trouble, needing protection or having educational issues. “There’s kind of a broad gamut,” Kim said. Deb mentioned that there were a lot of changes going on in the Buckeye State and the nation was watching Ohio as far as what it was doing with juveniles. “Very much so. We’ve had a real tendency to incarcerate—not only in Ohio, but across the country—as...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/moore-law-helps-viewers-learn-how-to-help-kids-in-trouble/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Lawmakers Not Getting Message About Effective Texting Ban</title>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohio is crawling toward catching up with the rest of the nation when it comes to enforcing distracted driving penalties. A bill passed by the Ohio Senate on May 3, 2012, would ban texting while driving for motorists. That would seem great on principle, but state lawmakers have certainly not made the legislation as easy to enforce as it could and should be. The first problem is that texting while driving would be a secondary offense for adults, meaning that officers would have to find some other reason to pull over a texting driver older than the age of 18. Secondly, while the bill makes texting, talking or otherwise using an electronic device while driving a primary offense for drivers younger than 18 years old, the difficulty of distinguishing the age of the driver is precisely the type of needless additional work for police that opponents of texting bans argue...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/ohio-lawmakers-not-getting-message-about-effective-texting-ban/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Large Trucks More Likely to Catch Fire in Crashes</title>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[While we talked about fires involving arson last week, the website Truckinginfo.com published an interesting story this week about a recent study that found large trucks are more likely to catch fire in higher speed vehicle crashes compared to light trucks and passenger vehicles. The recent study by the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) examined motor vehicle collisions in the state of Kentucky between 2000 and 2009. According to Truckinginfo, the Kentucky large truck fire rate was 113 percent higher than the light truck/passenger car fire rate, and large trucks made up 14 percent of vehicles that caught fire after a motor vehicle collision. The article noted that there are 762 miles of interstate highway with many twists and curves in Kentucky, but interestingly, the study showed most large truck fires occurred on long stretches of straight highway with a steady speed of at least 55 mph. Truckinginfo...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/study-finds-large-trucks-more-likely-to-catch-fire-in-crashes/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Moore Law’ Viewers Have Multitude of Family Law Questions</title>
        <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; “Divorce and Child Custody” generated a number of questions from Moore Law viewers as Cincinnati child support lawyer Phyllis G. Bossin from the law firm of Phyllis. G. Bossin &#38; Associates joined host and local TV journalist Deb Haas and attorney co-host Don Moore today to talk about family law issues. Don and Phyllis were also able to discuss instances in which their respective areas of practice can overlap. “Just a few years ago, we represented a lady who was rendered a quadriplegic by a drunk driver in a car wreck,” Don said, adding that the client was in her 20s with a child, but her husband “just couldn’t take it.” Don said the husband divorced his client and that became a part of the personal injury lawsuit, leading to issue with how things were divided. “In this case, actually, we got a judgment in the millions, but the...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/moore-law-viewers-have-multitude-of-family-law-questions/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adults Must Educate Kids Curious About Fire</title>
        <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[As we began to discuss on Wednesday, May 6 through May 12 is the 2012 Arson Awareness Week, and this year’s campaign theme is “Prevent Youth Firesetting.” According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire and Explosives (ATF), from 2000 to 2009: There were 1,637 juvenile-involved fire incidents reported in Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS). More than half of these fires (56 percent or 909 incidents) were classified as arson. Twenty-nine percent (or 476 incidents) were classified as accidental and 15 percent (or 251 incidents) were classified as undetermined. The total dollar damage reported for these fires estimated at more than $75 million. Arson has the potential to result in significant property damage and burn injuries or even death for victims. According to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Kentucky and Ohio rank 13th and 14th in the nation, respectively, in terms fire death rate per capita. Kentucky’s 16.8 and Ohio’s 16.0 fire...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/adults-must-educate-kids-curious-about-fire/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Arson Awareness Week’ Calls Attention to Youth Firesetting</title>
        <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) is partnering with the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), Safe Kids USA, USAonWatch, National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) and the National Association of State Fire Marshals to help reduce fires started by children as part of the 2012 Arson Awareness Week. The theme for the awareness campaign this year is “Prevent Youth Firesetting” and runs from May 6-12, 2012. Arson cases have the potential to cause extensive property damage, horrific burn injuries or even death. Unfortunately, youth firesetting is a larger problem than most of realize and parents need to take an active role in speaking to children about fire safety and the dangers of playing with matches and lighters. According to the USFA’s National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data, 37 percent of fires ignited by lighters or matches were started by juveniles aged 10 to 17 in cases where age was cited as a...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/05/arson-awareness-week-calls-attention-to-youth-firesetting/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three Generations of Legal Experience on ‘Moore Law’</title>
        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[While host and local TV journalist Deb Haas was under the weather, there was still more than 90 years of legal experience available to Moore Law viewers for the topic of “All About Injuries.” Attorney co-host Don Moore was once again joined by his son, Cincinnati personal injury lawyer Dan Moore, but also welcomed his father, retired Cincinnati civil litigation attorney Don Moore Sr., who was making his first appearance on the program. The three lawyers handled a number of injury concerns, including such questions as Becky in Lebanon asking about possible faulty tires causing a car accident, Troy in Kentucky inquiring about permanent partial disability and Ellen in Cincinnati wondering what options she has in experiencing pain at her job after taking a year off work. There were also two calls regarding possible medical malpractice claims, as Tracy in Middletown said her family had accumulated $19,000 in bills following...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/04/three-generations-of-legal-experience-on-moore-law/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Schools Respond To Bullying With Inaction, Legal Action Can Be Taken</title>
        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a trailer for “Bully,” the recently released documentary that follows the live five students who face bullying on a daily basis. While there are many people who argue that bullying has been in existence for ages and is essentially just a part of life, technological advances have made it such that bullying now extends far beyond just the school grounds. In the age of Facebook and social media, bullying victims are subjected to torment that can be both more frequent and more aggressive. There has been increased national attention given to this issue, and awareness was especially raised here in Ohio after a 17-year-old Chardon High School student shot and killed three students and seriously wounded two others this past February. He was reportedly a bullying victim. It is important for parents to not only speak with their children about these issues, but also to take action if...<br /><a href="http://www.moorelawfirmblog.com/2012/04/when-schools-respond-to-bullying-with-inaction-legal-action-can-be-taken/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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