Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Shafiyal Ahmed and Tyler B. Schlimme have joined our firm as Associate Attorneys, and Darlene McMormick as Director of Law Firm Administration. Mr. Ahmed focuses his law practice on business and commercial law matters, including the defense of employers, business and commercial entities, and […]
MRR Partner, Steve Kelley, Senior Attorney, Cara Wright and Partner, Frank Scialdone recently obtained affirmance of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to our legal malpractice client in the Eleventh District Court of Appeals. While the trial court found the Plaintiff produced enough evidence to create a question of fact on an alleged breach […]
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that Associate Attorneys Alyssa J. Keene and Amy K. Herman have recently joined the firm’s Cleveland office. Mrs. Keene focuses her practice on insurance coverage issues and public sector law. She has a wide range of experience in various insurance defense practice areas, including Bad […]
By Michael P. Byrne and Frank H. Scialdone In the recent case of City of East Liverpool v. Owners Insurance Company, et al., 7th Dist. Columbiana No. 20 CO 0009, MRR Attorneys Joseph F. Nicholas, Jr., Frank H. Scialdone, George V. Pilat, and Michael P. Byrne demonstrated that our insurance agency clients properly procured the insurance coverage […]
By Michael P. Byrne On March 16, 2021, Governor DeWine signed into law Senate Bill 13 which has four significant implications on civil causes of action in Ohio; the creation of a statute of repose for legal malpractice actions, a shortened statute of limitations for causes of action based on contracts, the creation of a statute […]
By Michael P. Byrne, Joseph F. Nicholas, Jr., and Doug Holthus Throughout the country and due to the impacts of the current COVID-19 pandemic, business owners are presenting business interruption claims to their commercial insurance carriers. With fair regularity, insurers are denying these claims based upon a “Virus Exclusion” within the insured’s policy. These claim denials then […]
By Kathleen Minahan On January 12, 2021, Governor DeWine signed into law H.B. 352 (the “Employment Law Uniformity Act”) which makes overdue changes and provides long-awaited clarifications to Ohio’s employment discrimination statutes. Subject to two exceptions described below, an employee who wishes to pursue a claim for employment discrimination will now be required to exhaust […]
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A. is pleased to announce that six attorneys have been selected to the 2021 Ohio Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. In the firm’s Cleveland office, Todd Raskin, John McLandrich, and Frank Scialdone earned Super Lawyer honors. In the Columbus office, Doug Holthus and Paul-Michael La Fayette were recognized as […]
Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co. L.P.A. (MRR) has been recognized in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings for 2021. The Ohio-based law firm received both national and regional Tier 3 rankings for Transportation Law, as well as regional rankings for other areas of practice. Law Firms that are ranked by U.S. […]