Court Upholds Injunction Barring BWC From Refusing to Pay Schedule Awards as Lump Sum

An Ohio appellate court upheld the imposition of an injunction against the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation that bars the agency from refusing to issue schedule loss benefits in a lump sum. Case: Kljun v. Administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, No. 105340, 09/21/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Ohio provides schedule awards for workers who have lost limbs, appendages and other organs in work-related accidents. The amount of benefits is based on the sum of the statewide average weekly wage multiplied by the number of weeks designated ...