Common Ohio Workers Compensation Injuries
by The Bainbridge Firm, LLC | Jun 17, 2020 | General Information
Workers compensation attorneys in Columbus can help you navigate that process and explore other options like a settlement or a trust fund that has already been set up to help injured parties....read more >>
Ohio Workers Compensation Coverage
by The Bainbridge Firm, LLC | Apr 23, 2020 | General Information
Columbus Workers Compensation Attorneys at The Bainbridge Law Firm are dedicated to protecting Ohio employees, especially in the area of Columbus, from medical damages and lost wages due to work-related injuries....read more >>
The Rights of the Injured Worker
by The Bainbridge Firm, LLC | Feb 06, 2017 | General Information
Anyone who suffers a work-related injury in Ohio deserves to be treated fairly by BWC employees and to promptly receive the benefits to which he or she is entitled. BWC believes every employee injured at work...read more >>
Finding and Choosing an Attorney for your Workers’ compensation Claim
by Casaundra Johnson | Jan 19, 2017 | General Information
After being injured at work, one of the many questions that injured workers often struggle with is whether it is necessary to hire an attorney to represent them in their claim. There is no law that...read more >>
Residual Disabilities
by Kara Dolan-West | Mar 13, 2015 | General Information
Ohio Revised Code § 4123.52 provides the Commission with continuing jurisdiction to make modifications, changes, findings, or awards if written notice of a claim relating to the specific part or parts of the body injured or...read more >>
What is Workers’ Compensation?
by Kara Dolan-West | Nov 10, 2014 | General Information
After being injured on the job, workers often wonder what steps they need to take to file a workers’ compensation claim and begin getting the benefits they are entitled to. The workers’ compensation system can be...read more >>
What Happens After I File a Workers’ Compensation Claim?
by Kara Dolan-West | Sep 29, 2014 | General Information
Once you have reported an injury BWC assigns a claim number. This is a tracking number. The injured worker, employer and treating physician receive a letter notifying them of that number. BWC gathers the facts and makes an...read more >>
What if My Employer is Self-Insured?
by Kara Dolan-West | Apr 24, 2014 | General Information
Some employers are self-insured, thus they do not participate in, or pay into, the state insurance fund that supports workers’ compensation claims. Instead, self-insurers pay compensation and medical benefits directly to the injured worker. The self-insured...read more >>
How is Social Security Different from Workers’ Compensation?
by Kara Dolan-West | Apr 22, 2014 | General Information
Social Security Disability provides compensation to people incapable of working, if they meet certain requirements. In opposition, workers’ compensation involves a work-related injury that renders the injured employee disabled in some way. The requirements for each...read more >>
Blurring the lines between TTD and PTD
by Andrew Bainbridge | Jul 05, 2012 | General Information
The roles of temporary total disability (TTD) and permanent total disability (PTD) are supposed to be separate and distinct. TTD is designed to compensate an injured worker for a loss of earnings while he or she...read more >>