The Workers’ Comp Section is here to help you steer your clients through the hearing process and ultimately receive the benefits they deserve. You can get your questions answered by your fellow members on the list serve, expand your knowledge at CLE seminars and keep up-to-date on the latest rule change or legislation being proposed. The newly installed regional leadership for the WC Section reports regularly to members and invites your input about concerns you want to see addressed by the BWC.
Section Chair: Troy Duffy
Plevin & Gallucci Co., LPA
Pursuing COVID-19 Claims
By: Sam Marcellino, Esq.
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Substantial Aggravation claims without prior diagnostic testing
By: Jim Falvey, Esq.
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VSSR: Special Considerations to Expand Your Evaluation of Possible Violations
By: Troy Duffy, Esq.
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Impact of Drug Testing on Workers’ Compensation Claims
By: James Zink, Esq.
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The Status of Workers’ Compensation Scheduled Loss Benefits After Kljun
By: Jerry Schneiberg, Esq.
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The Dangers of Traveling to and from Work: A Brief Reflection on the "Coming and Going" Rule
By: Carley Kranstuber, Esq.
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CLARITY DE-KLEINED: VOLUNTARY ABANDONMENT AFTER State ex rel. Klein v. Precision Excavating & Grading Co., Ohio St.3d, 2018-Ohio-3890
By: Jon Goodman, Esq.
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Who Is At Fault: The Erosion of Workers’ Compensation Benefits in Ohio and Across the Country
By: Chelsea Fulton Rubin
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New Rule for Lumbar Fusion Place Unreasonable Burden on Injured Workers and Their Doctors
By: Mike Dusseau
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The Firefighter Presumptive law 1 year later: The Good The Bad and The Reality
By: Karen Turano, Esq.
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Why Amended R.C. 4123.512(A) Will Save Your Clients Time and Money
By: Chelsea Fulton Rubin, Esq.
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Workers’ Compensation Happenings
By: Nicole Myers White, Esq.
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Help! My Employer is Stalking me on Facebook! Privacy in the Social Media Age.
By: Ed Forman, Esq.
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Ohio Presbyterian: A Decision Worth Reconsidering
By: Jon H. Goodman, Esq.
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Once, Twice, Three Times A Dismissal
By: Katherine E. Ivan Esq., and Frederic A. Portman Esq.
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High Hopes for Injured Workers
By: Carol Herman, Esq.
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Firefighters Still Fighting for Their Lives and Still Waiting for the Presumptive Cancer Bill to Pass
By: Karen Turano, Esq.
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Lump Sum Advancements
By: Ben Wiborg, Esq.
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Workers’ Compensation Appeals and Ohio Civ.R. 41(A): Will the Privileges of a Claimant’s Plaintiff Status be Restored with Ferguson v. State?
By: Chelsea Fulton Rubin, Esq.
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The Shrinking Remedy of Workers' Compensation
By: Jay Causey article provided by WILG
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Utilizing motions in limine in a workers' compensation trial
By: Stacy Callen, Esq.
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Workers' Compensation Settlements - Drafting agreements that minimize or eliminate social security disability offsets
By: Jerry Schneiberg, Esq.
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Turning two of the losing scenarios of workers' compensation into wins
By: Kurt Young, Esq.
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2014 Case Law Update
By: Jon Goodman, Esq.
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Impact Of Affordable Health Care Act On Workers’ Compensation Systems Is Speculative At Best At This Point In Time
By: Chuck Davoli, WILG President
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Trying Our Sanity: Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Grounds For Psychiatric Conditions in Workers’ Comp Claims
By: Doug Koppel, Esq.
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Expanding presumptive cancer laws for firefighters
By: Karen Turano, Esq.
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Cost Saving Or Cost-Prohibitive? The Push To Expel Undocumented Aliens From Receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits Could Have A Harmful Impact On Employers
By: Doug Malek, Esq.
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Trying Our Sanity: Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Grounds For Psychiatric Conditions in Workers’ Comp Claims
By: Doug Koppel, Esq.
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