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Court of Appeals Overturns Jury Award of Over $700,000 Based on Fellow Employee Immunity

Recently, the Fourth District Court of Appeals overturned a jury award of more than $700,000 to a plaintiff involved in a car accident at work.  Bungard v. Jeffers  (Ohio App. 4 Dist., January 28, 2014, 2014-Ohio-334). In Bungard, the plaintiff filed a negligence suit against his coworker, Steven Jeffers, after his car was rear-ended in […]

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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Finds BWC Overcharged Non-Group Rating Employers

After a lengthy deliberation and bench trial that began on August 20, 2012, Judge Richard McMonagle finally issued his long awaited decision on the class action lawsuit challenging the BWC’s administration of Ohio’s workers’ compensation group rating programs between 2001 and 2009. San Allen v. Buehrer, Administrator, BWC (Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas 2012), No. CV-07-644950.

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BWC Revises Forms Needed for Temporary Total Disability Benefits

On July 6, 2012, the Administrator for the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that new versions of the MEDCO-14 and the C-84 had been completed and are available for use.  More importantly, the Administrator announced that as of August 17, 2012, the BWC would no longer accept the former versions of these forms from claimants

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