Insurance Law News
8/5/2008 9:39:06 AM EST
Drug Use Not Grounds for Disability Denial
COLUMBUS, Ohio – (Business Insurance) An employee may be entitled to temporary total disability compensation even though she tested positive for cocaine use while on a Family Medical Leave Act absence, an Ohio appeals court ruled July 31. The decision by the Tenth Appellate District in State of Ohio ex relatione Alice M. Bogan v. Industrial Commission of Ohio and tomasco Mulciber Inc. overturned a state Industrial Commission finding. Full version available here.
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