Lidia Ebersole and Chris Cotter of Roetzel & Andress, LPA obtain unanimous defense verdict

Roetzel & Andress, LPA (Ohio)

Lidia Ebersole and Chris Cotter of Roetzel & Andress, LPA obtain unanimous defense verdict

Lidia Ebersole and Chris Cotter of Roetzel & Andress, LPA obtained a unanimous defense verdict following a jury trial in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas (Toledo, Ohio) on behalf of a regional transit authority in a case involving two events related to bus operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first incident, Plaintiff alleged that she was pushed and shoved by the bus operator when she refused to follow the COVID-19 protocols. In the second incident, Plaintiff complained of injuries sustained when she was hit by a lowering wheelchair ramp. Roetzel attorneys engaged in an aggressive defense and demonstrated that Plaintiff provoked and was at fault for both incidents. The jury not only entered a defense verdict on all counts but wrote in its finding that Plaintiff was 100% at fault for causing her alleged injuries. No appeal was pursued.