Statute of Limitations Bars Widow's Occupational Disease Claim

An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s occupational disease claim as time-barred. Case: Foreback v. Accuspray Application Technologies, No. 114813, 10/09/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: William Foreback worked for Accuspray Application Technologies before he died in 2018. His widow filed a workers’ compensation claim for benefits from another employer. The Industrial Commission denied the claim because this employer had not employed Foreback in Ohio. After receiving the commission’s disallowance decision in April 2021, the widow f...