Ohio Supreme Court Rules Law Designed To Reduce Comp Appeal Delays Constitutional

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a law meant to reduce delays of appeals in workers compensation cases is constitutional.The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a law meant to reduce delays of appeals in workers compensation cases is constitutional. “The General Assembly saw what it viewed as an area of concern, that a claimant in an employer-initiated workers’ compensation appeal court could unilaterally prolong the appeal process for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the continued receipt of benefits for at least an additional year — this resulted in a needless extension of a process designed to run quickly, financial effects on the system as a whole and a waste of judicial resources,” according to a ruling written by Justice R. Patrick DeWine.