Disabled Police Officer's Drug Sales Nixed his Entitlement to Benefits

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a former police officer who netted $6,200 from OxyContin sales was engaged in "remunerative employment" so must return to the state the $91,535.64 he was paid in permanent total disability benefits.The case is State ex rel. McNea v. Industrial Commission of Ohio et al., No. 2010-1770.Donald McNea Jr. had been a police officer for the City of Parma. He successfully established three separate workers' compensation claims for various sprains and contusions, aggravation of pre-existing disc disease, and post-traumatic stress disorder from altercations with sus...