Legislation Includes Provision that Cuts in Half the Date to File Claims

Beginning in early October, workers will have one year instead of the longstanding two years to file injury or death claims with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. House Bill 27, the biennial workers’ compensation budget bill, revises Sec. 4123.84 to say that “in all cases of injury or death, claims for compensation or benefits for the specific part or parts of the body injured shall be forever barred unless, within one year after the injury or death,” the claimant files in writing with the BWC or state Industrial Commission. The law does not include occupation...