An Ohio appellate court last week disqualified an attorney from representing the estate of a 37-year old worker in a wrongful death action because the attorney had helped the same worker defraud the state in a workers' comp claim.
Attorney Natalie Grubb was accused of hiring Tracy Lytle to do work for her law firm during the six-month period when Lytle was collecting temporary total disability benefits that Grubb had secured.
While Grubb eventually admitted that she had provided money to Lytle, she said it was to help Lytle pay for food and the cost of traveling to hearings and doctor ap...
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