Court Rejects Claims of Error in Evidentiary Rulings

An Ohio appellate court upheld a jury’s determination that a worker was entitled to expand the scope of his workers’ compensation claim to include a diagnosis for post-concussion syndrome. Case: Somerick v. YRC Worldwide Inc., No. 29239, 05/13/2020, published. Facts and procedural history: John P. Somerick III worked for YRC Wordwide Inc. In August 2016, he was struck in the head by a deck bar. Somerick filed a workers’ compensation claim, and the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation allowed it for several conditions. Somerick later requested that the BWC allow...