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#Workers' Comp Hearings & Appeals
Everything we've written about workers' comp hearings & appeals. (20 articles)
Hurt At Work?
Ohio employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance via the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC)’ unless they are self-insured. Say for instance you were doing something for...
Making a Workers Comp Claim, Ohio BWC
What happens if I’m hurt at work in Ohio? Unless the employer is “self-insured,” Ohio employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance via the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation...
Workers Compensation Issues Ohio Industrial Commission
Preparing for a Workers’ Comp Hearing in Ohio Heading to the Ohio Industrial Commission for a workers’ comp claim can be a confusing and stressful experience. Whether your injury was a result of a...
Legal Representation Ohio Injured Workers Injured
Getting injured at work can result in a confusing and frustrating workmans comp experience. Whether your injury requires physical therapy or extensive surgery, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’...
Workmans Comp in Cincinnati: Claim Basics
Starting a workman’s comp or BWC claim is actually quite simple. The filing of the first report of injury form (or “froi”) and supporting documentation from your doctor is all that is generally...
How is an Ohio Workers Comp “PPD” Award Determined?
What is PPD Compensation Award in Ohio How is an Ohio Workers Comp “PPD” Award Determined? Following a [Cincinnati work injury](/ohio-truck-accident-lawyers), an injured worker may suffer from...
Refusal to Participate in Vocational Rehabilitation Can Cost Permanent Total Disability Claimant
inability to perform sustained remunerative employment Certain work injuries are so significant that they result in a permanent “inability to perform sustained remunerative employment.” If such...
Supreme Court Holds Workers’ Comp Hearing Officers’ Feet to the Fire
Administrative hearings dominate the workers’ compensation scene. When an issue arises in an Ohio BWC claim, it is frequently battled out in a hearing room at the Industrial Commission. Here there...
Supreme Court of Ohio Affirms Positive Post-Accident Drug Screen Results Not an Automatic Bar to Compensation
In State ex rel. Cordell v. Pallet Cos., Inc., 149 Ohio ST.3d 483, 2016-Ohio-8446, the Supreme Court of Ohio recently held in favor of an injured worker terminated for post-accident drug screen...
Cincinnati Workmans Comp Lawyer : Hearing at the Industrial Commission
How Industrial Commission Hearings Impact Your Ohio Workers Comp Claim We are often hired by injured workers with bureau of workers comp (or “BWC”) claims after he or she receives notice of a hearing...
Employee Overcomes Common Slip & Fall Defenses
In February of 2011, Thurman Trowbridge was working as a security guard at Franciscan University when he slipped while coming off of a step. He struck his head on the step, fracturing two vertebrae...
Eligibility for Workers Compensation
Have you suffered a workplace injury? If so, you will quickly find that securing workers’ compensation benefits isn’t an easy process. You may feel like you have to jump through many hoops to receive...
I have a Hearing at The Ohio Industrial Commission: What to expect…
Many of our workers’ compensation clients first contact us after they get a notice that their BWC claim is set for a hearing at the Industrial Commission. We hear mostly from people who have hearings...
Injured Worker Did Not Have Requisite Causal Opinion From Doctor, Ohio
In a recent decision, Jimmison v GCRTA, 8th District, 2013 Ohio 3155, the Ohio Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer who argued that records from claimant’s treating physicians did...
McKenzie & Snyder win Appellate Court Case for Cincinnati Injured Worker: BWC Claim for Radiculopathy
In Ohio work comp cases, issues are generally resolved at the Industrial Commission. If a party wishes to appeal a decision regarding the allowance of a claim or additional condition in a claim, they...
Additional Conditions in a Ohio BWC Claim
When Additional Conditions Are Needed in a BWC Claim It is often necessary for our firm to request additional conditions be added into a BWC or “workers comp” claim. The reason for this is that a...
Ohio Appeals Court Decision Goes Against Passenger in Hit & Run Case
In a recent 8th Appellate District Case entitled Washington v. Geico, 2014 Ohio 4375, the Court affirmed a lower court decision denying uninsured motorist coverage to a passenger in a hit and run...
Ohio Court of Appeals Rules Sides With Auto Insurance Company
In a recent and unfortunate Ohio legal decision, the 2nd District Court of Appeals has ruled against an injured party and sided with Auto Owners Insurance Company. In Wetzel v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.,...
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Injured Worker’s VSSR Claim
Chad Thompson was an industrial electrician in the maintenance department of Jackson Tube. While employed with Jackson Tube, he was in the process of reinstalling a flywheel in a “cutoff machine”...
Ohio Workers Comp Claims Against Self-Insured Employers
A good number of employers in Ohio are “self-insured” for purposes of workers’ compensation. Such privileged employers must agree to abide by Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) and Industrial...