Spring cleaning: handbook policies and employer defenses under the workers’ compensation law of Ohio *

USA - May 8 2013
Spring has sprung, and employers should consider adding an oft-overlooked item to their spring cleaning lists: employee handbook and related policies…

Co-authors: David J. Kaufman, John R. Cernelich , William B. McKinley.

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Ohio Supreme Court clarifies “successor liability” in workers’ compensation *

USA - March 12 2013
On March 6, 2013, Calfee, on behalf of the K&D Group, Inc. (K&D), won a unanimous decision in the Ohio Supreme Court against the Ohio Bureau of…

Co-authors: Jeffrey J. Lauderdale, Thomas I. Michals.

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New year’s news: court rules that Ohio BWC illegally overcharged non-group rated employers *

USA - January 4 2013
More than a quarter of a million Ohio employers that were not part of a workers' compensation group rating plan ("non-group employers") for any policy…

Co-authors: Donald E. Lampert.

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“Other shoe drops” on intentional tort plaintiffs *

USA - December 12 2012
As previously reported on November 21, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court has narrowly construed the "presumption of a deliberate intent to injury" in workplace injury torts.

Co-authors: Deneen LaMonica , Christopher M. Ward, Donald E. Lampert.

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Ohio Supreme Court clarifies scope of “deliberate removal of an equipment safety guard” presumption for employer intentional torts *

USA - November 21 2012
In an early holiday present for Ohio employers, the Ohio Supreme Court significantly limited the scope of the “deliberate removal of an equipment safety guard” presumption constituting a “deliberate intent” by an employer to injure its employee as required to prove an intentional tort

Co-authors: Deneen LaMonica , Christopher M. Ward, Donald E. Lampert.

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