Ladder Safety “Feet” Are Not “Equipment Safety Guard” Under Ohio’s Intentional Tort Statute

Cost of Ohio Bureau’s Second Medical Opinion Not Part of its Subrogation Interest

Ohio Supreme Court Continues to Clarify Abandonment of Workforce Rule

No Mental Injury Recovery When Ohio Corrections Officer was Groped by Inmate

Extension of Statute of Limitations in Ohio R. C. 4123.28 Does Not Apply to Death Claims

In a divided opinion, an Ohio appellate court affirmed a decision of a state trial court that granted summary judgment to an employer in a death benefits case that had...

Ohio Social Worker’s Slip and Fall Injuries in Icy Restaurant Parking Lot Did Not Arise from His Employment

An Ohio appellate court disagreed with the trial court’s conclusion that a social worker was a fixed situs employee whose injuries sustained when he slipped and fell in a restaurant...

Ohio Court Affirms Finding that Furnace Worker’s COVID-19 Was Not Compensable

Finding that a furnace worker had failed to establish the necessary third prong in the definition of occupational diseases—that his employment created a risk of contracting the disease (here, COVID-19)...

Ohio Court Says Healthcare Benefits and Pension Contributions Not to be Used in Computing AWW

Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, an Ohio appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that had refused to consider various fringe benefits in the form of health...

Ohio Supreme Court Reiterates Commission’s Power to Reject Settlements in VSSR cases

The Supreme Court of Ohio, affirming a decision of a lower state appellate court, held that the Ohio Industrial Commission had properly rejected a proposed settlement related to an employer’s...

Ohio Home Health Aide’s Injuries Outside Client’s Residence Not Compensable

An Ohio appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a home health care aide who sustained a T12 vertebrae compression fracture when she slipped and fell on...

Ohio Staff Hearing Officer is to Utilize Equitable Principles in Reviewing VSSR Settlement Agreements

Where Ohio Adm.Code 4121-3-20(F)(1) provides that a staff hearing officer (“SHO”) is to determine whether an agreed settlement of a violation of a specific safety regulation (VSSR) application is “appropriate...

Broad Release in VSSR Settlement Agreement Sinks Subsequent Action for Spoliation of Evidence

An Ohio appellate court recently affirmed a decision of a state trial court that granted summary judgment in favor of an employer in a civil action filed against it by...