Worker's Losing Record Didn't Bar Most Recent Claim

An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker’s previously dismissed workers’ compensation claim did not bar her from making another attempt at securing benefits for hand injuries that may be different from those she had asserted earlier. Case: Draper v. North American Science Associates, No. WD-17-020, 06/01/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Crystal Draper worked for North American Science Associates as a clean room tech. She filed a workers’ compensation claim against NAMSA on April 1, 2013, seeking benefits for an injury to her hand, and tendonitis in her...