With everything I see as a Workers’ Compensation Specialist, all I can say is this – any injured worker going it alone on a workers’ comp claim may as well bare his/her throat and tell them to cut your jugular vein!

Why You Need a BWC Specialist Lawyer

The OhioBWC has lawyers to represent its interests and your Employer has lawyers to represent its interests,  because it all boils down to saving money in claim payments at your expense.

If a workers’ comp claim really was something you could do yourself, why does “the other side” have lawyers?

The above fact alone should be sufficient to give you the “heads-up” that you need a lawyer representing you & protecting your right to medical treatment and money awards!

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Trying to settle your Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Claim – if so, the BWC seems to be ‘anti-injured worker’ in reducing its indemnity and settlement payments.

A look at the OhioBWC Enterprise Report, September 2009 tells the story in a nutshell. Search on the terms indemnity and settlement when you open the report.

Indemnity benefits(which include settlements) for the quarter ending June 2009, were at the lowest level since at least Sept 05, by a huge amount.

And since then, the story gets even more grim for injured workers:

Starting in May, 2009 the BWC made compensation payments of $187 million.

The next 3 months show a spiralling trend – less and less money for injured workers:

In June 2009, the OhioBWC paid a total of $163 million in compensation, $14 million dollars of that money was used to pay Lump Sum Settlements.

In July 2009, the OhioBWC paid a total of $159 million in compensation, $12.5 million dollars of that money was used to pay Lump Sum Settlements.

In August 2009, the OhioBWC paid a total of $151 million in compensation, $3 million dollars of that money was used to pay Lump Sum Settlements and Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) Awards.

As can be seen this is quite a NEGATIVE TREND in the treatment of Ohio’s Injured Labor Force.

What can be done? Read the Post on How the Legislature took away your benefits – it was bad then, but it continues to get worse for the injured worker. Call your state representatives and complain. Tell them to make this situation right, or vote them out of office this November election.

If you need a Certified Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Lawyer to represent you in your claim, call Mike Gruhin at Gruhin & Gruhin (800) 861-5555. We are here to protect your legal rights.

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$$ Older BWC Claims May Have Hidden Value $$

Don’t Walk Away From the Money Hiding in Your Claim.  As the expression goes “There’s Gold in them thar Hills !”

Call Gruhin & Gruhin, we can quickly determine whether your claim is still “alive” and therefore eligible to seek the “hidden” money in your older BWC claim to which you are entitled!

Ohio Workers’ Compensation claims expire due to statute of limitations inactivity – some case types “die” after 6 years of inactivity and others “die” after 10 years of inactivity – call Gruhin & Gruhin to find out about your ability to collect BWC money.

Don’t wait any longer because there are time limits within which your allowed BWC claim can expire by law and become worthless. Dont let that happen to you and don’t lose the money that belongs to you. Get the money award that is “hiding” dormant in your BWC claim.

Gruhin & Gruhin represents injured workers with older BWC claims, as well those Injured Workers with current work injury claims. Whether the work injury you suffered was major or minor, contact Gruhin & Gruhin to obtain the OhioBWC compensation to which you are entitled.

Most people don’t know this, but under Ohio Law, even if you did not miss any time from work as a result of your work injury, you still may be entitled to obtain the injury award (Permanent Partial Disability Compensation) or a lump sum settlement payment.

 Call Gruhin & Gruhin and speak to a Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist. 

We understand Workers’ Compensation and can advise you if your claim has monetary value.

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