Rendings

Workers' compensation claims can be a significant liability for every employer. To protect profitability, organizations must actively seek to limit workers' compensation liabilities through efficient handling of compensable claims, aggressive defense of non-compensable claims, and pursuit of employees making fraudulent claims.

Rendigs attorneys bring a depth of skill and experience representing employers, state funded employers, self-insureds, and third party administrators to every stage of a workers' compensation case. Our representation begins with the presentation of a claim and continues through the hearing and appellate review levels until the claim is brought to a conclusion.

Leveraging our experience in the law and procedure of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Industrial Commission, we strive to provide the highest quality legal representation in workers' compensation matters. We are fully prepared to address and clarify the intricacies of the Family Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which are so often implicated in workers' compensation situations.

Team members help clients by:

• Advising clients on allowance/disallowance decisions
• Representing employers at administrative hearings, after claims are contested
• Providing counsel to employers' risk managers or third-party administrators regarding most effective defense of contested claims
• Defending claims of Violations of Specific Safety Requirements
• Working with independent medical examiners to establish grounds for the defense of claims
• Litigating allowance and disability issues before the Industrial Commission
• Representing employers in appeals to Common Pleas Court, Court of Appeals, and the Ohio Supreme Court
• Defending claims of intentional tort, on behalf of the employers
• Assisting employers to obtain reimbursement of workers' compensation losses by pursuing subrogation claims

Let our experience work to your advantage. Contact us to discuss current or potential workers' compensation liability issues.