Ohio Supreme Court: Calculate injury insurance off all jobs

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a state commission acted appropriately when it calculated worker’s compensation payouts based on income from two jobs held by an injured FedEx employee.

In a 5-0 opinion, justices sided with the Industrial Commission of Ohio. Christopher Roper was injured while working as a part-time FedEx worker in 2006, just six months after he’d taken a second job that paid more. The Industrial Commission calculated the workers’ compensation benefits he was owed by FedEx based on his combined wages.

FedEx had calculated Roper’s disability payments based on the average weekly wage he was paid as its employee.

FedEx is self-insured and pays for its own employee injuries. It had appealed a lower court ruling to the high court.