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Workplace Injury Abandonment

Frantz Ward LLP

The Voluntary Abandonment Defense: A Ghost of Christmas Past?

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s an update to our prior client alert addressing the enactment of R.C. §4123.56(F), there has been a recent decision in State ex rel. Butler v. Indus. Comm., 10th Dist. Franklin No. 22AP-274, 2023-Ohio-3774 holding that a...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

New Appeals Court Decision Limits Employers’ Ability to Fight Temporary Total Disability Following Termination

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In a decision that will significantly impact Ohio employers, the Tenth District Court of Appeals has ruled that workers’ compensation claimants are entitled to temporary total disability benefits even if terminated for cause....more

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Ohio Supreme Court Reaffirms Employer’s Right to Raise Voluntary Abandonment

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In two separate rulings, the Supreme Court of Ohio reaffirmed an employer’s right to raise voluntary abandonment as an affirmative defense to an injured worker’s request for temporary total benefits. House Bill 81 (H.B. 81),...more

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