BWC Employee Improperly Viewed Son-In-Law's File, IG Finds

An Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation employee improperly reviewed her son-in-law’s case file while he was seeking benefits for an on-the-job injury, an investigation by the state inspector general found.Lou Ann Lauck, 74, violated BWC policy against unnecessary access to files, according to the report. Lauck allegedly looked at her son-in-law’s file twice last year and printed out a physician’s review of the case, the report said.The Inspector General urged the BWC to determine whether Lauck should be disciplined and whether BWC employees should be offered a refreshe...