Lisa Patterson will present at the OSIA Annual Conference June 17-19, 2015
Lisa Patterson will present at the Annual Ohio Self-Insurers Association Conference, June 17-19, 2015 at The Westin Cleveland Downtown.
What lies beyond an Industrial Commission “final” decision? Lisa Patterson will discuss the avenues of relief that are available beyond the normal administrative appeals process. For example, reconsiderations of final decisions are more likely to be heard by the Commission than appeals.
Ms. Patterson will also discuss the Ohio court remedies that may be used to challenge Commission decisions and how to prepare to improve your chances of success.
If you are interested in this seminar, please go to the OSIA website for more information, http://www.osiaohio.org/.
Ohio Association for Justice seminar May 8, 2015
Lisa Patterson will present at the Ohio Association for Justice, “New Lawyers Training Day 2” at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 8.
Lisa will discuss “Building Relationships with Opposing Counsel,” along with Gerald Parker, Esq.
Things Clients Want to Know:
Q: I want to buy a company, is it important to look at its workers’ compensation liability?
A: One would think that mergers and acquisitions would have no impact on workers’ compensation law, however while companies are engaging in due diligence, how many times are they also scrutinizing the workers’ compensation programs of their potential acquisition? Any time one employer succeeds another employer in the operation of a business in whole, or in part, it is the acquisition/merger or purchase/sale it’s the successor’s responsibility to:
1. Notify the BWC of the Succession
2. Preserve the predecessor employer’s payroll records for five years preceding the date of the succession.
It is within the sole discretion of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to adopt rules establishing “the rates to be applied where one employer takes over the occupations or industry of another or where an employer first makes application for state insurance. ” O.R.C. 4123.32(D). With the sole discretion of rate setting, given to the BWC, it is very difficult for an employer to assert control over adopting the better risk.
In addition, when a merger of a self-insured entity and a state fund entity takes place, the rules require the self-insured employer to “buy out” the State Fund insured liability of the merging entity. Without question, these costs can become very significant in the post-merger/ post-sale climate and need to be considered in the initial negotiations of any merger and acquisition.
Student to Lawyer Symposium Nov. 14, 2014
Lisa Patterson was nominated by the Ohio State Bar Association to attend the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Professionalism’s Student to Lawyer Symposium. This event will be held on Friday, November 14, 2014, at the OCLC Conference Center in Dublin, Ohio.
Entitled “Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow’s Changing Legal Profession,” this year’s symposium will explore our rapidly changing profession and how to best prepare law school students and new lawyers for “the new normal” of legal practice. Just like past years, we will bring together law school deans, professors, experienced practitioners, judges, new lawyers, and law school students to join in the discussion.
Congratulations Lisa!
PTSD Must Flow from the Physical Injuries in the Claim
Armstrong v. John R. Jurgensen, Co., 136 Ohio St. 3d 58, 2013-Ohio-2237
Claimant was involved in a motor vehicle accident while operating a one-ton dump truck when he was struck from behind. He observed the other drive and suspected that he was dead. Claimant was treated and released, but was also informed that the other driver had died. Claimant later requested that his claim be amended to include post traumatic stress disorder and was successful administratively. The Court here specifically found that the Claimant’s PTSD was not caused by his physical injuries but, but by his involvement in a fatal accident.