Permanent Injury in Ohio Personal Injury and Work Comp Cases

Understanding Permanent Injuries

Following a work injury or a car accident, many individuals receive medical and/or chiropractic treatment and make a full recovery. However, many unfortunate individuals are left with permanent residuals or injuries that never go away.

Sometimes the permanent injury is minor, such as a backache that mildly flares up when the weather turns cold. Other times, the permanent injury is substantial and disabling, like a herniated cervical disc.

Ohio Workers' Compensation Benefits

Permanent Partial Disability Awards

In the Ohio workers' compensation system, claimants may be entitled to a monetary award. This award compensates them for permanent residuals following a work injury and/or the contraction of an occupational disease.

Many claimants are not even aware that they are entitled to such an award. The filing of the c-92 form with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation instigates this process. (See: http://www.ohiobwc.com/basics/guidedtour/generalinfo/generalinfo35.asp)

Permanent Impairment After a Car Accident

Establishing Impairment for Adequate Recovery

Following an auto crash, it can be a good idea to establish that one’s injuries are permanent. This helps ensure that one’s recovery is adequate.

There are a number of physicians in the Greater Cincinnati Area who perform impairment ratings. These ratings are based upon the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. (For more information, see: http://www.impairment.com/Use_of_AMA_Guides.htm)

Legal Representation in Greater Cincinnati

Serving All Of Ohio

McKenzie & Snyder LLP represents injured workers and accident victims statewide — all 88 Ohio counties. Our Hamilton office is the base we work from, and rural families and small-town Ohioans are who we serve.

Communities We Help

• Hamilton
• Middletown
• Oxford
• Trenton
• Fairfield
• Cincinnati
• Dayton
• Toledo
• Canton
• Youngstown
• Akron
• Lima
• Bellefontaine
• Sandusky
• East Liverpool
• Steubenville
• Cambridge
• Zanesville
• Chillicothe
• Portsmouth
• Gallipolis
• Hillsboro
• Athens

Counties We Serve

• Butler County
• Preble County
• Clermont County
• Wyandot County
• Crawford County
• Richland County
• Muskingum County
• Guernsey County
• Belmont County
• Pike County
• Scioto County
• Fayette County
• Ross County
• Mahoning County
• Summit County
• Lucas County
• Allen County
• Stark County
• Jefferson County
• Adams County

Injured somewhere else in Ohio? We take cases statewide.

We offer free consultations and house calls where applicable. Please call 513-737-5180 or use our contact form.

Written by Andrew Tobergte