It’s been a long, hard week and I apologize for the lack of postings on the blog and here where I post legal items of interest regarding injury claims, and Ohio Worker’s compensation claims. Mike Gruhin together with co-counsel, John Vanik, were in jury trial all week against a major Cleveland Area workers’ comp self-insured (SI) employer. Under Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law, if a company has over 500 employees, it can be self insuring for work comp.  If any readers were injured in the employment of a self-insured employer, you know how litigious your work comp claim can be and usually is. In this case, I have to believe the SI employer spent thousands of dollars to deny & fight our client’s work comp claim.   But the jury saw through the employer’s “smoke & mirrors” and disregarded BOTH of the HIRED doctors’ testimony. John  & I successfully discredited the employer’s expert witnesses – a Board Certified Occupational Health & Internal Medicine doctor AND a Board Certified Orthopeadic Surgeon. Gruhin & Gruhin showed the jury the real story through the testimony of our client, his wife, his co-worker who was at the scene of the injury and who worked with our client for many years before and for a short time after the injury, together with our expert medical witness, our client’s treating doctor. That testimony, backed up by the medical records, sank the SI employer’s ship.  I am glad to report that the jury paid attention to every aspect of the trial. Bottom line, the 8 jury members voted 8-0 in favor of Gruhin & Gruhin’s client.  With Gruhin & Gruhin, our clients can and do fight ‘city hall’.  This is our 12th trial over the past few years and , I am glad to report, our 12th win in a row.  Let’s hear it for our clients, “the little guy”, who can go up against Goliath and win.  If you have an Ohio Work Comp claim, feel free to contact Gruhin & Gruhin to discuss your claim with Mike Gruhin, Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney. Check out our client’s video testimonials, hear how we protect our client’s rights.  Thanks for reading our blog.   Mike Gruhin.

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