Ohio Supreme Court also upholds limits on injured worker suits

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 2005 state law that limited lawsuits by workers hurt on the job.

In a pair of 6-1 decisions, justices today found the law restricting the ability of employees to file “workplace intentional torts” against their bosses while simultaneously receiving state workers’ compensation benefits is constitutional.

The law requires employees who want to file lawsuits to prove their employer acted deliberately to cause injury.

Each decision dealt with a different section of the Ohio Constitution, which separate injured workers said were violated by the limits set on their ability to sue their employers even when a workplace condition was “substantially certain to cause injury.”