Ohio's Tenth Dist Court of Appeals reaffirmed an employer’s right to raise voluntary abandonment as an affirmative defense to an injured worker’s request for temporary total benefits. Created a statutory basis for voluntary abandonment and vacated any prior voluntary abandonment law.
Supreme Court of Ohio reaffirmed an employer’s right to raise voluntary abandonment as an affirmative defense to an injured worker’s request for temporary total benefits. Created a statutory basis for voluntary abandonment and vacated any prior voluntary abandonment law.
In two separate rulings, the Supreme Court of Ohio reaffirmed an employer’s right to raise voluntary abandonment as an affirmative defense to an injured worker’s request for temporary.