The Department of Veterans Affairs has finally caught up with technology and launched an Internet site available to Ohio veterans and their families. The Internet site was launched as a part of a program called Veterans Relationship Management aimed at making...
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Month: September 2010
AT&T Employee Dies Pinned Against Cable Pole
Tragedy struck the home of one Columbus, Ohio worker early last week when the local man left for work but never returned. The 52-year old AT&T service employee was pronounced dead Tuesday morning after a homeless man found him crushed between his large...
Firefighters Remember Construction Accident
Three firefighters remember vividly the day their lives changed. Firefighters daily respond to reports of possible gas leaks at various locations, and October 31, 2008 began no differently than any other. Everything changed for the three firefighters when a...
FACT: Approximately 1.7 Million People Suffer TBI
The three words "traumatic brain injury" makes it sound like a rare occurrence, one that would be extremely easy to detect. However, traumatic brain injury is much more common and can be very elusive. Approximately 1.7 million Americans per year suffer from some form...
Injured Employees Must be Compensated for Earnings from Second Job
In today's economy, many people have more than one job. So if an employee is injured at one job to the extent that he or she is unable to work at the other, it seems unfair - and financially damaging - to only receive workers' compensation for one job's...
Mother of Man Killed by Bear Advocates for Exotic Animal Ban
We recently wrote about Brent Kandra, the Elyria man killed by a bear last month while feeding the bear at the wildlife compound where he was employed. Although 24-year-old Kandra's death is still under investigation, his mother is already hard at work to ensure that...
Workers Prevented From Suing Employers in Most Cases, Part 2
In our last post, we discussed the general idea of employees suing employers for intentional torts under a common law exception to the immunity an employer receives in the workers' compensation system. In this post, we will discuss the Ohio Supreme Court opinions from...
Injured Workers Prevented From Suing Employers in Most Cases
In Ohio, injured workers receive compensation from the state's Bureau of Worker's Compensation when they are injured in a work-related accident. This mechanism exists to provide a workable system that compensates workers for the injuries they suffer in service to...
OSHA Fines US Postal Service Center in Dayton, Ohio
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited a U.S. Postal Service processing center in Dayton for various willful and serious safety violations. As a result of the citations, the facility faces a total of $225,000 in fines and must correct...