Injury Cases: Psychiatric
(Supreme Court)
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Ohio Supreme Court's web site. Decisions which adopt the
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A
worker who suffers a psychiatric injury (without a physical injury)
satisfies the statutory definition of injury where the psychiatric
injury was caused by a co-worker's physical injury.
Vote: 4-3
Opinion by: Justice Sweeney
Injured
worker who suffered a type of injury (psychiatric-only) which was
excluded by statute from workers' compensation coverage could sue the
employer in negligence because the workers' compensation exclusivity
provisions only apply to an injury which is covered by the
workers' compensation statutes.
Vote: 4-3
Opinion by: Justice Pfeifer
R.C. 4123.01(C) exclusion of psychiatric-only injuries does not violate Equal Protection.
Vote: 5-2
Opinion by: Justice Lanzinger
Injured at Work?
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disability claims or who have a disability claim before another state
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