Employment Law Court Rulings

Objections to magistrate's decision overruled in workers compensation original action brought by injured worker. No abuse of discretion by Industrial Commission of Ohio in denying ongoing psychological counseling recommended by psychologist professional who was not a psychiatrist. Issue of the…

Workers' compensation compensability of injury employer-funded disability payment credit Industrial Commission's authority to amend deputy commissioner's opinion and award issue preservation

Trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of appellant's employer and the Administrator of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation on the basis of res judicata was improper where one of appellant's prior workers' compensation claims was vacated prior to adjudication and a question of fact exists…

Case in mandamus where self-insured employer is attempting to overturn the granting of permanent total disability compensation since the evidence before the Industral Commission fully supported the commission's order, the request for a writ is denied.

Trial court did not err by granting motion for judgment on the pleadings on claim for wrongful termination. Construing the material allegations contained in the complaint as true and in favor of appellant, the trial court properly concluded that appellant was a casual or day-to-day substitute…