Ohio Work Comp News
The latest news about workers compensation in Ohio.
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to mandamus relief overturning an award of benefits to a worker who had refused an offer of light-duty employment. Case:…
- An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to the family of a truck driver who died from injuries he sustained in a crash while he was under the…
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that an ironworker was not entitled to an additional award of benefits after falling more than 40 feet because his employer had not violated a specific…
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that a self-insured employer was entitled to reimbursement for what it paid to an injured employee before the award was overturned by the state Supreme Court. The…
- An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s petitions for review of administrative decisions denying her requests to expand the scope of her claim. Case: Haynes v. RGF Staffing…
- The Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to a writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission to vacate its order denying her request for…
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation launched a revamped Transitional Work Grant program aiming to provide money and guidance so employers can get injured workers back on the job as soon…
- David L. Garner (Ohio BWC) A man who worked in real estate for nine years while collecting disability benefits from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was ordered to pay…
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that an indemnity agreement between an equipment rental company and a subcontractor could not overcome the subcontractor's immunity under the workers’ compensation law. Case: Griffith v.
- A federal court in Ohio ordered a pharmacy and two pharmacists to stop dispensing certain controlled substances and to pay a $375,000 penalty to resolve a civil complaint filed in…
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