Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to PTD Benefits

An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for permanent total disability benefits. Case: Kaminski v. Industrial Commission, No. 23AP-632, 10/09/2025, published. Facts: Wayne Kaminski worked for A.P. O’Horo Co. He slipped and fell at work in March 2011. The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation accepted compensability for a lumbosacral sprain, neck sprain, left shoulder sprain, closed acromion fracture, acromial deformity, left bicipital tenosynovitis, depression, aggravation of preexisting left shoulder rotator cuff tendinosis, and adhesive capsulitis. In ...