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January 2012

Jan
30
2012

A Stacked Deck: Why Few Injured Workers Qualify for Wage Loss Compensation

As I prepared for my most recent hearing on Wage loss compensation, I was again struck by the cumbersome and unfair rules that apply to receiving this compensation.  While the Ohio Revised Code provides for wage loss compensation when an injured worker is unable to find employment consistent with his disability resulting from an injury [...]

Jan
16
2012

The Case for More Regulation

Recently, I received an unsolicited message from an anonymous source suggesting that there isn’t as much need for Workers’ Compensation today as there was a century ago because employers are more safety conscious today than they were back then. Hmmm, I thought. Tell that to our client who we will simply refer to as “JK” [...]

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