Supreme Court to Address Constitutionality of Subcontractor Immunity in Self-Insurance Plans

The Ohio Supreme Court will weigh in on the constitutionality of a state law that provides immunity to subcontractors in workers’ compensation self-insurance plans from tort claims by employees of other enrolled subcontractors, if injured while working on the self-insured project. A federal trial court judge had asked the Supreme Court to address the issue in September after it came up in Daniel Stolz’s lawsuit against J&B Steel Erectors, the D.A.G. Construction Co. and the and TriVersity Construction Co.  Stolz had worked as a concrete finisher for Jostin Cons...