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What Happened on Remand: Three Years Later, and Still Sparing On Whether A Worker Can Sue a Co-Worker for a Workplace Intentional Tort. Yeaples v. Precision Directional Boring, LLC.

By Marianna Bettman on November 10, 2017

Case Background

A long, long time ago (January 19, 2010, to be exact) Donald Yeaples was injured while working as a laborer for Precision Directional Boring, a Medina County Company. He was on a job to identify residential connections with storm, sanitary and water pipes in order to bore a path for a new water…

Another Dismissal as Improvidently Allowed. Ohio Bur. of Workers’ Comp. v. McKinley

By Marianna Bettman on July 23, 2015

On July 23, 2015, by a vote of 5-2, the Supreme Court of Ohio dismissed as improvidently allowed Ohio Bur. of Workers’ Comp. v. McKinley, Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-2927. Justices Kennedy and French dissented. The issue in the case was whether, pursuant to R.C. 4123.931, a settlement in a personal injury action that does…

What’s On Their Minds: Responsibility for Subrogation Lien in a Personal Injury Settlement. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation v. Jeffrey McKinley and Heritage-WTI, Inc., et al.

By Marianna Bettman on June 30, 2015

Update: On July 23, 2015, the court dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

“Isn’t this a textbook example of a lawyer for the Bureau just dropping the ball– making a mistake– and now you are in the Supreme Court asking us to fix it?” Justice Pfeifer to the Deputy Solicitor.

On June 23, 2015, the…

Oral Argument Preview: Responsibility for Subrogation Lien in a Personal Injury Settlement. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation v. Jeffrey McKinley and Heritage-WTI, Inc., et al.

By Marianna Bettman on June 17, 2015

Update: On July 23, 2015, the court dismissed this case as improvidently accepted.

Read an analysis of the oral argument here.

On June 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio will hear oral argument in the case of Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation v. Jeffrey McKinley and Heritage-WTI, Inc., et al., 2014-0795. At issue…