An Ohio appellate court ruled that an injured worker's entitlement to temporary total disability benefits should not have been cut off after he failed to return to work or contact his employer after his injury.
Case: State ex rel Vaught v. Industrial Commission, No. 14AP-377, 03/31/2015, published.
Facts: Kenneth A. Vaught suffered injuries in a dump truck accident on Oct. 22, 2002. He received hospital treatment and was released the same day.
Vaught told his employer, Burko Trucking, that he would come back to work on Oct. 28, but he never showed up.
He went to a doctor on Oct. ...
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