Ohio Work Comp News
The latest news about workers compensation in Ohio.
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation hired Carolyn Mangas as deputy director of strategy and legislative affairs. Carolyn Mangas Mangas spent the last 15 years as the government affairs manager for…
- An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured nurse’s aide for her psychological conditions. Case: State ex rel. Altercare of Hartville Center Inc. v.
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability compensation for a period of time in which she did not work while pregnant and after…
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that its health symposium will be virtual again in 2022. The 2022 Ohio Workers’ Compensation Medical and Health Symposium is April 7-9. The program…
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that proposed rules addressing death benefits and limitations on the filing of fee bills are pending a “commonsense” review. Proposed changes to the death…
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that a trial judge had jurisdiction over a motion to enforce a settlement between an employer and injured worker but erred in vacating a prior order…
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that a 2018 change in the common law standard for determining entitlement to temporary total disability benefits applied retroactively to a worker who had retired…
- An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of enhanced benefits to a worker who suffered the partial amputation of his thumb while using a series of machines to make wood…
- An Ohio appellate court upheld a former correctional officer’s conviction for workers’ compensation fraud and theft based on his acceptance of temporary total disability benefits while he was employed. Matthew J.
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that three people convicted of working while receiving benefits were ordered to pay more than $44,000 in combined restitution. Crystal Posey was ordered to…
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