Current through: August 31, 2010
Ohio Supreme Court Decisions
This page lists the current year's Ohio Supreme Court workers' compensation decisions. Decisions which adopt the decision of a lower court or Magistrate, or which decide a case based on a previous decision, are excluded. Click on the case name to see the full text of a case on the Ohio Supreme Court's web site.You can also see our index of cases organized by topic from January 1, 1998 to present or our archive of Ohio Supreme Court workers' compensation decision summaries from previous years.
August 2010
August 18
Marrero, State ex rel. v. Indus. Comm. (8/18/10)
Wage Loss: Commission did not improperly deny wage loss compensation based on failure to perform good faith job search.
Vote: 4-3
Opinion by: Per Curiam
Rohr, State ex rel. v. Indus. Comm.(8/18/10)
Permanent Total: Evidence of possible new and changed circumstances supported
Commission's order that employer was entitled to new medical exam of
injured worker who had been previously awarded permanent total
compensation to determine whether injured worker's condition had
changed sufficiently that he was no longer permanently and totally
disabled.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam
July 2010
July 13
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, State ex rel. v. Thomas (7/13/10)
Amputation/Loss of Use: Commission did not abuse its discretion in granting loss of vision award based on pre-injury vision which had been corrected by a corneal transplant.
Vote:
7-0
Opinion by: Per
Curiam
June 2010
June 8
Extendicare Health Servs., Inc., State ex rel. v. Ryan (6/8/10)
Employer: Employer which opts-out of surplus fund reimbursement program is entitled to reimbursement from the surplus fund for medical payments it made for conditions which were disallowed after the employer opted-out of the program.
Vote: 6-0
Opinion by: Per
Curiam
FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc., State ex rel. v. Indus. Comm. (6/8/10)
AWW: Commission properly included wages from the two jobs the injured worker held before the injury when calculating the average weekly wage upon which compensation for the injury is paid.
Vote: 5-0
Opinion by:
Per Curiam
May 2010
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April 2010
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