The discussion about privatizing the Ohio workers' compensation system has surprisingly not dealt with the constitution. I hear rumors that it can be done without a constitutional amendment. Those who believe so fail to understand the history of our system and the...
Workers’ Compensation
Ohio Fifth Largest Worker’s Compensation Insurer
Ohio presently ranks as the fifth largest worker's compensation insurer when compared to every worker's compensation insurer (private and public) throughout the nation. Ohio is the largest state fund, representing approximately $2.1 billion in liquid assets. This $2.1...
Ohio chiropractor indicted after defrauding Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
The Bureau of Workers' Compensation was set up to assist injured employees in their time of need by providing necessary funding to help them through the period during which they cannot work. When a person makes fraudulent claims for workers' compensation benefits, it...
How Privatization of Ohio Workers Compensation Harms Ohio’s Economy
Presently, a proposal to privatize a portion or all of the Ohio worker's compensation system is under review by both a task force and some Ohio legislators. Under the proposed privatization, Ohio would open worker's compensation insurance opportunities to private...
Sen. Grindell to Re-Start Ohio Workers Compensation Task Force Meetings
There is a political conversation happening in Ohio regarding the privatization of Ohio's workers compensation system. A task force (Chaired by Senator Timothy Grindell ) has been charged with evaluating Ohio's present workers compensation system as well as other...
Ohio Worker Severely Burned in Accident Challenges 2005 Workers’ Comp Limit
In 2005, the Ohio legislature enacted a law that limited the amount of damages a worker injured on the job could receive to workers' compensation benefits only without proving that the employer had a willful intent to injury the worker. The standard of willful intent...
Intoxicated City Employee Injured, Receives Workers’ Compensation
A highly disputed topic in workers' compensation cases is often whether or not the employee injured himself at work. We have discussed in prior posts how there is always a grey area in the interpretation of the law, making vital the assistance of an experienced...
Principal Receives Workers’ Compensation for Gunshot Injury
Workers' Compensation Benefits are benefits that are paid out to an employee by their employer when they are injured in a workplace accident. If a beam falls on a worker while they are at a construction site, the argument for a workplace injury seems easy, but where...
Workplace Injury Leads to Citations for Ohio’s Industrial Ceramic Products
Workplace safety should be a major concern for employers across the nation, but some corporations fall short of the safety standard set out for them. A local Ohio company, Industrial Ceramic Products or ICP, now faces more than a workers' compensation claim after an...
Ohio Jury Verdict Could Change the Face of Workplace Injury Lawsuits
One 43-year-old Ohio employee suffered an injury that would forever change his life, but also received a verdict that could change the face of Ohio workplace injury lawsuits.The young man had worked as an apprentice lineman for L.E. Myers Co. when he reached out his...