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Sunday, June 28, 2015
What personal injury victims need to know: If you have been injured due to the negligence of someone else, you need information on your rights and of how the insurance claim process works. Typically an insurance company tries to rush you into a decision to settle a claim, to reduce their payout.
Date: 
Thursday, October 23, 2014

A man stole a truck in Westlake and was being pursued by Police when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into Dover Gardens Tavern. He was traveling 75 mph in a 35 mph zone, and the truck forced its way completely inside the tavern. At least 12 people were injured, some suffering broken bones, though fortunately no one was killed. The man is believed to be 26-year-old Brandon L. Pawlak. Police say that 26-year-old Matthew Sowden helped steal the car.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014
An Avon Lake man has been charged with aggravated vehicular assault after he fled the scene of an accident and seriously injured a woman who was driving to work, police said. Alexander Potoczak, 22, was driving an Audi on Bradley Road in Westlake when he hit another car around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday and fled the scene, police said. "He took off, struck another car and caused some serious injury to the other driver," said Capt. Guy Turner, public information officer for the Westlake police department.