The Columbus, Ohio fire division says a firefighter searching a vacant building in an arson case fell between levels and suffered back and rib injuries. The division says firefighters responding early Friday morning found heavy smoke and fire at a …
An investigation conducted by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) revealed Empire resident Thomas Piatt III was illegally collecting workers’ compensation benefits. Piatt entered a guilty plea in a Franklin County courtroom last week and …
Law enforcers around Ohio plan more than 9,700 hours of enforcement during the holidays, including 23 sobriety checkpoints statewide. State crash statistics show 410 people were killed in 379 alcohol-related crashes last year, with 27 of those deaths coming between …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that nine individuals were convicted of or pleaded guilty to charges related to defrauding Ohio’s workers’ compensation system during October, a result of investigations conducted by BWC’s special investigations department (SID). A …
Cleveland’s public transit agency and a union representing its workers are studying ways to better protect bus drivers after several recent assaults. The local union president tells The Plain Dealer newspaper the union wants shields installed around drivers on buses. …
Ohio officials say help may be available for those with uninsured losses from last week’s superstorm Sandy. The Ohio Emergency Management Agency said those with uninsured losses from the storm should contact their local emergency management agency for resources that …
A driver who rear-ended a van blames what happened on colorful 300-foot murals honoring an Ohio city’s bicentennial. The Clintonville Historical Society project alongside a road portrays life in two Columbus neighborhoods. The murals feature portraits of people and brightly …
One of the first lawsuits implicating insurance coverage for a fracking-related claim is under way in Ohio. Warren Drilling Co., Inc. v. ACE American Ins. Co., No. 2:12-cv-425 (S.D. Ohio 2012) will be the first case to determine how insurance …
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. announced the planned opening of two new Midwest service centers, located in New Albany, Ohio, and Coralville, Iowa. The Coralville location is contingent on the approval of available job training and economic development incentives by …
Nearly a third of the prescriptions the state’s insurance fund for injured workers paid for last year were for powerful narcotics, part of a 37 percent increase in the use of such drugs – mainly addictive painkillers – the agency …