An Ohio appellate court last week ruled that its state trial judges do not have jurisdiction to hear appeals from Industrial Commission decisions on whether a worker is barred from participating in the state Workers' Compensation Fund when a claimant had accepted compensation for an on-the-job injury in another state.
Thus, the Court of Appeals for the 6th District avoided ruling on the question of whether Kathy Young could file a claim against her employer after she had already received payment for her medical care and lost wages from her employer's insurance carrier in Indiana.
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