Ohio Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Ohio.
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Friday announced it awarded $5 million in grants for workplace safety projects. The second round of Workforce Safety Innovation Grants disbursed this year are…
- An Ohio appellate court overturned a denial of a widow’s request for compensation for her husband’s loss of use of his arms and legs, loss of vision and hearing before…
- An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for permanent total disability benefits after she worked nearly 30 years after her injury. Case: State ex rel. Moore v. Industrial…
- The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s application for schedule loss of vision benefits. Case: State ex rel. Harris v. Industrial Commission, No. 2022-1288, 09/05/2023, published. Facts: Stephen Harris worked as…
- A divided Ohio Supreme Court overturned a grant of writ relief to a worker seeking permanent total disability benefits based on her inability to remain in one position for more…
- An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer’s appeal of an administrative determination that an injured worker was its employee should not have been dismissed as a discovery sanction against…
- The Ohio Court of Claims summarily dismissed a plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claims against the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation related to its fraud investigation against him. Case: Sammour v. Bureau of Workers’…
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a Columbus chiropractor who pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and forgery was ordered to pay $170,000 in restitution. The bureau said it…
- The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a self-employed landscaper who continued working while collecting disability benefits was ordered to pay $23,611 in restitution. Cory Kovach, 37, was accused of…
- An Ohio appellate court denied an employer’s request for relief from a temporary total disability award to an employee to whom it had offered light-duty work. Case: State ex rel. Jeld-Wen…
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