High Court OKs Attorney Fees After Successful Appeal

A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that an appellate court did not err in remanding an issue of attorney fees to a trial court after it affirmed the lower court's judgment. "In a workers' compensation case, the worker may move for attorney fees after obtaining an appellate judgment on the merits," the court said. "Given that workers' compensation law is to be interpreted liberally in favor of employees, we caution that our opinion does not necessarily apply to other areas of law." The Bureau of Workers' Compensation accepted Michael Shields' ...