What Happens When Your Claim Is Denied?

Workers’ compensation claims can be denied for reasons that have nothing to do with whether or not you have a legitimate injury or occupational disease. At Taubman Law we have helped thousands of workers obtain benefits after their initial workers’ compensation claim was denied. If your claim was denied, you have a potential of three hearings after an appeal from the order denying...Read More

What Are Industrial Commission Hearings?

Appealing a Denied Workers’ Comp Claim After the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) says no, you still have an opportunity to appeal a denied workers’ compensation claim. The Industrial Commission of Ohio has offices throughout the state that make decisions on appealed claims. At Taubman Law, we have represented injured workers in thousands of hearings before the...Read More

My Employer Is Self Insured, What Do I Do?

Self insured are employers in Ohio who have more than 500 employees and have elected to be self-insured rather than state-funded. They make this choice because they have decided it’s cheaper to administer their own workers’ compensation program than pay premiums to the state. They must follow the same rules and regulation as the small state-funded employers. However, because your...Read More

I’m a Public Employee. What do I do?

Anyone who works for a public employer, like a city or municipal school district has the same rights to file a workers’ compensation claim and the same benefits and protection as any other worker. If you’ve been injured, you may be entitled to lost detail pay, lost overtime pay and compensation for pain, suffering, scarring and/or other losses, if your injury involves one of the...Read More

Retaliation For Filing a Claim

Ohio Revised Code Section 4123.90 provides that no employer shall harass, demote or discharge an injured worker because they filed or pursued a claim. If this happened to you, call immediately as there is a very short 90 day statute of limitations to give your employer notice. 1)Why do I need a lawyer? The worker’s compensation system in Ohio is an adversarial system – that is, one...Read More