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Do You Know the Rule? Ohio Controversion of Pneumoconiosis Claims
Do You Know the Rule? Ohio Controversion of Pneumoconiosis Claims

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When it comes to the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, the State of Ohio, and specifically its workers' compensation bureau, is authorized to act as an insurance carrier. Here […]
Glossary Check: Ohio Reporting of Payroll, Reconciliation of Premium Due
Glossary Check: Ohio Reporting of Payroll, Reconciliation of Premium Due

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- They say money talks, but even if it's quiet, it has a big role to play in workers' compensation law across the country. One of the places where it's important is […]
Practice & Procedure: Ohio Evidence, Discovery
Practice & Procedure: Ohio Evidence, Discovery

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, state law spells out the rules when it comes to evidence used in workers' compensation hearings. The following chart breaks down what the Buckeye State requires on evidence and […]
Glossary Check: Ohio Alternate Employer Organizations, Professional Employer Organizations
Glossary Check: Ohio Alternate Employer Organizations, Professional Employer Organizations

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under Ohio's workers' compensation law, special provisions apply to alternate employer organizations and professional employer organizations. To help understand those concepts better, the following information breaks down those terms and what […]
Can Enhanced Care Reduce Claim Costs?
Can Enhanced Care Reduce Claim Costs?

It’s amazing what you learn when you ask the right questions. We have been asking this question for four years in the belief that a better educated injured worker who is provided peer-to-peer coaching through […]
Do You Know the Rule? ‘Family Members’ Entitled to Death Benefits in Ohio
Do You Know the Rule? ‘Family Members’ Entitled to Death Benefits in Ohio

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, not everyone who was in a relationship with a deceased worker is considered a family member potentially entitled to death benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. On the […]
Personal Nature of Argument Over Kids Makes Workers’ Ensuing Injury Non-compensable
Personal Nature of Argument Over Kids Makes Workers’ Ensuing Injury Non-compensable

Dayton, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Ohio, an employee must clear two hurdles to show that a fight-related injury at work arose out her employment. The city worker in Dayton v. Parson, No. 29353. (Ohio App. […]
Statute of Limitation Washes Out Ohio Worker’s Claim for Allowance
Statute of Limitation Washes Out Ohio Worker’s Claim for Allowance

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Time is money, they say, and that's true when it comes to filing a court claim regarding a workers' compensation case. As a worker discovered in Caldwell v. Whirlpool Corp., 2023 […]