Injury Cases: Evidence
(Court of Appeals)
Click on the case name to read the decision on the
Ohio Supreme Court's web site. Decisions which adopt the
decision of a lower court or
Magistrate, or which decide a case based on a previous decision, are
excluded.
Where
decision allowing injured worker's claim is supported by some
competent, credible evidence, a reviewing court will not reverse the
decision.
Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Young
Appellate District: 12
Worker who failed to claim specific injury or provide medical evidence
to show proximate cause with claimed neck/back injury is not entitled
to participate.
Vote: 3-0
Opinion by:
Judge Osowik
Appellate District: 6
Trial
court properly granted directed verdict for employer where injured
worker presented no medical evidence that work caused back injury.
Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Walsh
Appellate District: 12
Medical evidence supported jury verdict allowing injured worker to participate for lumbosacral strain/lumbar sprain.
Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Young
Appellate District: 12
Evidence did not establish causal connection between claimed arthritis condition and work-related injury.
Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Young
Appellate District: 2
Evidence supported decision to deny workers' compensation claim.
Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Valen
Appellate District: 12
Injured at Work?
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benefits you
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injured
workers throughout Ohio before the BWC, Industrial Commission
and
in court.
We also represent people who have social security
disability claims or who have a disability claim before another state
administrative agency (PERS, STRS, SERS or police and fire fighters
disability).
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