Ohio Court Orders Review of Summer Disability Benefits for School Worker

The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Industrial Commission to reconsider whether a school district employee is entitled to temporary total disability benefits during summer recess, finding the agency failed to properly apply state law. In State ex rel. Columbus City Schools, Columbus Bd. of Edn. v. Brookbank-Mizer, the court, in reversing, said the commission did not fully analyze whether the worker’s inability to work during the summer was directly caused by her injury, as required under the law. The claimant, a speech therapist employed on a nine-month schedule, was injured i...