High Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to VSSR Award

The Supreme Court of Ohio rejected an employer’s challenges to a Court of Appeals decision upholding an enhanced award of benefits to an injured worker based on the company's failure to timely object to a magistrate’s recommendation to deny relief. Case: State ex rel. Target Auto Repair v. Morales, No. 2019-1349, 06/21/2022, published. Facts: Josue Morales sustained injuries while working as an auto-body repair technician for Target Auto Repair in February 2014. His workers' compensation claim was allowed for multiple conditions, including the total loss of vision in his ...