Gerhardstein & Branch sends a hearty congratulations to Phil Weiser, who was elected the new Colorado Attorney General on Tuesday. Phil Wieser worked as a law clerk for Gerhardstein & Branch in the early 1990s during one of his summers...
GOWDY FAMILY ACCEPTS $240,000 FOR TASING OF 11-YEAR-OLD; SEEKS REFORM Cincinnati, Ohio: The City of Cincinnati and the Kroger Company have agreed to pay a total of $240,000 to settle the claim of excessive force by 11-year-old Donesha Gowdy...
October 10, 2018. Cincinnati, Ohio. Last evening, Cincinnati Public Schools appealed U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black’s ruling allowing Gabriel Taye’s parents’ civil rights and wrongful death case against CPS to go forward. Gabe’s...
September 24, 2018. Cincinnati, Ohio. Today, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Black denied Cincinnati Public School’s request to dismiss the case brought against the district by the parents of Gabriel Taye, an eight-year-old boy who...
Two cases brought against jails for failing to provide adequate medical treatment to inmates have achieved wins in compelling the jails to provide vital medical records. Hall v. Correction Healthcare Companies, concerns the failure to provide...
On May 17, 2018, Donise Carter filed a lawsuit in the Lake County Court of Common Pleas based on the death of her daughter, Dondrea Carter, who died under the care and treatment of the defendants. Despite the fact that the complaint made no...
BOONE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. The lawsuit filed by Melissa and Donald Covington against Boone County Deputies Wesley Mackey and Tyler Brockman has been settled for $99,000. Mr. and Ms. Covington alleged they were falsely arrested on their front porch...
Cincinnati, Ohio. Families of adopted special needs children have now won their first round in court in their class action against Warren County. They seek full access to adoption subsidies under federal law. United States Magistrate Judge...
(Cincinnati, OH — June 8, 2018) Joshua Maxton has sued the City of Cincinnati and two of its police officials for suppressing DNA evidence that proved his innocence and kept him in jail on murder charges, facing a potential life sentence...
SAMPLE, Kathryn M. (nee: Gerhardstein), 63, of Cincinnati, died on Monday, April 23, 2018. Born on October 31, 1954 to Richard and Carolyn (nee: Giallombardo) Gerhardstein in Cleveland, OH. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband...
March 14, 2018. A class action lawsuit against Warren County has been filed in federal court by families who have adopted special needs children. Federal law provides for subsidies that help these heroic families pay for therapy, treatment...
February 20, 2018. A lawsuit was filed today over the wrongful death of Luther Wade at Lebanon Correctional Institution. Luther was savagely beaten by his cellmate, who used a cinderblock he carved out of the prison wall to crush Luther’s...
