No Working Wage Loss Compensation to Sign Language Interpreter with Finger Injury

An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of working wage loss compensation to a sign language interpreter who was unable to continue in one of his concurrent employments after a finger injury. Case: Sate ex rel. Coltrane v. Industrial Commission, No. 20AP-338, 09/28/2021, published. Facts: Robert Coltrane worked as a professional sign-language interpreter. He filed a workers’ compensation claim seeking benefits for stenosis and tenosynovitis in his right ring finger. The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation allowed the claim, with a date of injury of Nov. 2, 2016. At the time of inju...