Cleveland business owner sentenced for failing to maintain workers’ comp coverage

A Cleveland (Cuyahoga County) man has been sentenced after a jury convicted him of failing to maintain workers’ compensation coverage for his business. Donald L. “Donnie” Schilling, owner of Cleveland Tire & Wheel, was found to be concealing employee payroll figures so he could operate his business without workers’ compensation coverage. Schilling is currently on probation from a drug conviction in Texas and this violation of his probation could result in a sentence there of up to 99 years of incarceration. “Mr. Schilling’s failure to secure workers’ compensation insurance jeopardizes funds allocated for Ohio workers and employers who follow the law,” said Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer. “BWC is committed to investigating and prosecuting any type of fraud that undermines the care of an injured worker and their ability to return to work.”