Lawsuit filed in Utah tour bus crash
The driver of a van and a tour operator have been sued over a crash in Utah that killed three Japanese tourists and injured 11 others.
The Salt Lake Tribune says the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court claims passenger Kei Maeda has suffered incomplete quadriplegia since the Aug. 9 crash. Maeda was among 14 tourists in the vehicle when it crashed near Cedar City during a trip from Las Vegas to Bryce Canyon National Park.
The lawsuit claims driver Yasushi Mikuni had THC in his system, indicating marijuana use, when he fell asleep at the wheel. Investigators, however, say he was not impaired.
Mikuni has been charged with negligent driving under the influence. The operator has not been charged.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.