Bugbee & Conkle, LLP Legal Blog

By: Mark Barnes [email protected] Under R.C. 4123.74, the benefits provided by Ohio’s workers’ compensation law are an employee’s exclusive remedy for injuries sustained in the course of and arising out of employment. An employer is immune from civil suits for work-related injuries if the employer has complied with the law by paying worker’s compensation premiums or is self-insured.  However, employers remain liable for injuries resulting…

On March 12, 2021, OSHA announced the COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP) providing employers with notice of expected enforcement trends under the new Biden administration.  Below are key points for consideration. One component of the NEP is targeted inspections of high hazard industries which provide a risk of COVID-19 infections. Employers in the health care sector would be considered high…

By: Mark Barnes [email protected] As we previously reported, in January of 2021, Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio House Bill 308, which provides for compensation and benefits to public safety officers (a.k.a. “first responders”) who sustain a disability from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received in the course of and arising out of employment, but without a physical injury.  House Bill 308…

Kids’ Chance of Ohio is dedicated to raising money to provide scholarships for children who have had a parent rendered permanently and totally disabled or fatally injured as the result of an Ohio work-related injury or illness.  Kids’ Chance of Ohio had a rough fundraising year.  Their 2 biggest fundraising events were cancelled.  Our colleagues in the workers’ compensation industry…