High Court Issues Two Employer-Friendly Work Comp Decisions

When the Ohio Supreme Court handed down two business-friendly workers' compensation decisions on Friday — both overturning the Court of Appeals — claimants' attorneys were miffed but not surprised. "Our Supreme Court is extremely employer-oriented," said Phil Fulton, a longtime claimants' attorney who wrote a textbook on Ohio workers' compensation law. "Extremely." In both cases, the Supreme Court reversed the appellate court, which Fulton said tends to side with employers less often. The high court's lone Democrat, William O'Neill...