Justices Reject Employer's Bid to Recover Settlement Costs

An Ohio appeals court rejected a bid by Dillard Department Store to recover from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation's surplus fund medical expenses and $15,000 it had paid to settle a workers' compensation claim. In State of Ohio ex rel Dillard Department Stores Inc. v. the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, 06AP-726, 10/18/2007, Dillard appealed a magistrate's decision to deny its request for reimbursement from the surplus fund after settling with claimant Pamela Scott. Scott was injured in 1999 while working for Dillard, a self-insured employer. Dillard certified her claim for "l...