State Supreme Court Holds That Successor Company Must Pay $3.5 Million in Premiums

The Ohio Supreme Court this week upheld the power of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to protect the state-run insurance fund, overturning a lower court ruling and holding that a company owner cannot avoid premiums simply by folding one firm into another. In Daily Services v. Susan Morrison, a divided court decided that the bureau did not abuse its discretion when it determined that a temporary staffing agency "wholly succeeded" a sister company when it took over the company's clients and employees. The surviving company now owes almost $3.5 million in workers&#...