Court Overturns Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claim for Aggravation Injuries

An Ohio appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer on a worker’s claim for benefits for an aggravation of his preexisting shoulder conditions. Alexander Taye worked as a corrections officer for the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility. He allegedly suffered injuries at work in April 2021. The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation accepted liability for left and right shoulder sprains, left and right knee sprains, a cervical spine sprain and a lumbar spine sprain. Chiropractor Robert Nichols ordered a magnetic resonance imaging scan in Septembe...