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The 120-Day Rule Does Not Apply if the Employer/Carrier Only Accepted Compensability and Provided Treatment for a Temporary...

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Verilyn Lunsford v. Hospital Housekeeping Systems Inc. and Corvel Corporation, OJCC# 21-028027, St. Petersburg District, JCC Moneyham, Decision Date: Nov. 30, 2023 - The claimant requested compensability, evaluation and...more

Fisher Phillips

Employers Win Big Under Ohio Supreme Court’s Workers’ Comp Ruling: Here’s What You Need to Know About Recouping Overpayments

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Employers faced many obstacles over the last few years, but the Ohio Supreme Court just gave them a welcomed boost in a ruling that should significantly reduce workers’ compensation claim costs. In a highly contentious 4-3...more

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Appellate Division Affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Orders, Granting the Petitioner’s Application for Temporary Total...

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Soto v. Hoosier Care, Inc., No. A-0507-22 (Dec. 11, 2023) - The petitioner was injured in 2018 and resolved her case for 25% partial-total disability in 2021. In 2018, she had returned to work for Complete Care as a certified...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

The Turning Tides of Temporary Total Disability Compensation

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This month, the Ohio Supreme Court altered the landscape of more than 25 years of workers’ compensation legal precedent in an employer-friendly decision concerning termination of Temporary Total Disability compensation....more

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Can Employers Request the Retroactive Termination of TTD? The Supreme Court of Ohio Says Yes They Can!

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On March 5, 2024, in State ex rel. Dillon v. Indus. Comm., Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-744, the Supreme Court of Ohio overruled its prior authority in State ex rel. Russell v. Indus Comm., 82 Ohio St.3d 516 (1998), which has...more

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Supreme Court Issues Decision Finding TTD Compensation Can Be Terminated Based on MMI Prior to the Date of Industrial Commission...

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On March 5, 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court announced its decision in State ex rel. Dillon v Industrial Commission (Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-744). In so doing, the Court overruled 25-year precedent from its prior authority in...more

Frantz Ward LLP

The Voluntary Abandonment Defense: A Ghost of Christmas Past?

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s an update to our prior client alert addressing the enactment of R.C. §4123.56(F), there has been a recent decision in State ex rel. Butler v. Indus. Comm., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 22AP-274, 2023-Ohio-3774 holding that a...more

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New Appeals Court Decision Limits Employers’ Ability to Fight Temporary Total Disability Following Termination

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In a decision that will significantly impact Ohio employers, the Tenth District Court of Appeals has ruled that workers’ compensation claimants are entitled to temporary total disability benefits even if terminated for cause....more

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The Chartwell Chronicles: Total Temporary Disability

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In Episode 6 of The Chartwell Chronicles, hosts Colin Davis and Brittany Atkinson discuss Total Temporary Disability. Topics of discussion include how TTD benefits are calculated, when TTD benefits start, when to cut TTD...more

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Appellate Court Overturns Award of Excessive Counsel Fees by WC Judge

In an interesting decision, the Appellate Court (Garzon v Morris County Golf Club,  App Div. decided December 23, 2022) overturned the awarding of counsel fees for permanency and fees on a Motion for Medical Temporary Total...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

[Virtual Seminar] Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates - September 29th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

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Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more

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House Bill 81: Changes to the Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law

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Starting September 15, 2020,  H.B. 81 became effective making noteworthy changes to the Ohio workers’ compensation law. The intent of the new bill was to create workers’ compensation coverage for detention facility employees;...more

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HB 81 Brings Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law Changes

Changes to Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Law take effect on September 15, 2020. House Bill 81 makes five notable amendments to the current law: •The time requirement for filing a Violation of a Specific Safety Requirement...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

West Virginia Workers’ Compensation COVID-19 Quick Guide

When must an Employer’s First Report of Injury be filed? The employer must submit information about the injury to the insurance carrier within five (5) days of the employee's notice of injury. ...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

The Protz Fix – Workers’ Compensation Update

On October 17, the Pennsylvania Senate signed the previously approved House Bill 1840, known as the “Protz Workers’ Compensation Legislative Fix,” which is expected to be signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf within the next...more

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