Toledo bankruptcies increased in 2017

After seven consecutive years during which area bankruptcies declined steadily, that trend ended in 2017 with filings increasing by 1 percent, according to year-end statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Bankruptcy Clerk of Courts office. In 2017 there were 4,015 cases filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Toledo, which oversees 21 counties in northwest Ohio.