Quote of the day
“I had a gun picked out; I had the bullet; I knew which one I was gonna use.”
Columbus, Ohio fireman Matt Schaffer, who says he developed PTSD over several years responding to calls for service
Ohio firefighters push workers’ comp coverage for PTSD
The next hearing on a bill in the Ohio House of Representatives that would provide Ohio firefighters with workers’ compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder is expected to give opponents of the measure, such as Ohio Chamber of Commerce, an opportunity to explain why. The legislation calls for no more than a year of coverage. Fox 8 Cleveland [with video]
No rehearing in workers’ comp dispute involving employee of Canada consulate
Canada won’t get rehearing of a ruling that it must defend from a workers’ compensation lawsuit brought by a U.S. citizen it employed in its Boston consulate, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston has ruled. Bloomberg Law [may require registration]
Ohio BWC looking for equity manager
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will begin a search November 1 for active domestic midcap value equity managers to run a total of about $514 million, or 2 percent of overall assets, for the $25.7 billion fund. The BWC in January terminated two of the fund’s three active midcap domestic equity managers. The RFP will be posted Nov. 1 on the state of Ohio’s procurement website. Pensions & Investments
West Virginia justices rule for workers’ comp claimant
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the West Virginia Office of Judges in an appeal of a workers’ compensation claim filed by an environmental service aide who injured her lower back and hip while emptying trash from a patient’s bathroom and aggravated a prior injury/disease. After the claims administrator rejected the claim, the Office of Judges reversed the decision, holding that the claim was compensable for lumbosacral ligament sprain. West Virginia Record
Lower East Side wall collapse may spur lawsuit
The survivors of a worker who died in in a masonry wall collapse at the site of the remnants of a fire-ravaged synagogue on New York City’s Lower East Side are planning to sue the property’s owner and the general contractor conducting work on the ruins. The family’s attorney plans to file a workers’ compensation claim for the death benefits and an additional lawsuit against the owner of the premises and general contractor. Curbed New York