What is Social Security Disability Insurance?
by Kara Dolan-West | Dec 09, 2013 | Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you are “insured,” meaning that you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes. To qualify for Social Security Disability benefits,...read more >>
What is Permanent Total Disability Compensation?
by Andrew Bainbridge | Nov 21, 2013 | Workers' Compensation Benefits
Permanent Total Disability is defined by the Ohio Administrative Code as “the inability to perform sustained remunerative employment due to the allowed conditions in the claim.” O.A.C. §4121-3-34(B)(1). This simply means that an injured worker is...read more >>
What is Permanent Partial Disability Compensation?
by The Bainbridge Firm, LLC | Nov 21, 2013 | Permanent Partial Disability Compensation
Permanent Partial Disability Compensation, commonly referred to as PPD, is a monetary award for residual disability. Residual disability is permanent damage/impairment that the worker experiences as a result of the injury. For example, let’s say that...read more >>
Settlement of a workers’ compensation claim
by Kara Dolan-West | Aug 06, 2012 | Workers' Compensation Benefits
The settlement of a workers’ compensation claim can be a way for an injured worker to receive a final monetary payment under the claim. Once a claim is settled, no further costs (medical or monetary benefits)...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 >>