A former assistant manager at AutoZone Stores Inc. in Ohio isn’t entitled to temporary-total-disability compensation, despite him being injured at work, the Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday.
There must be a causal relationship between the allowed injury and the actual loss of earnings, it said.
Jason W. Schomaker was injured at work in June 2020, and put on light duty. But in September of that year, Schomaker got into an altercation with a coworker and was fired.
Schomaker’s doctor recommended surgery a month later and the procedure was approved. On Feb. 23, 2021, he was certified to return to light ...
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