Court Rejects Challenge to Allocation of Fees

An Ohio appellate court rejected a worker’s challenge to the allocation of attorney fees between the two law firms that had helped her in securing benefits for an industrial injury. Case: State ex rel. Strong v. Mark A. Adams LLC, No. 18AP-86, 10/29/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Yvonne Strong suffered injuries in the course of her employment with JM Consolidated Industries in 2013. She filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits with the assistance of attorney Lauren Osgood, an employee of Mark A. Adams LLC. The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation allowed ...