Ohio Further Shrinks Agency Deference With Workers’ Comp Ruling

Ohio judges reviewing allegations that a company didn’t follow safety rules need not defer to the legal interpretations of a state board that reviews workers’ compensation claims, the state Supreme Court said Thursday.

The unanimous, unsigned opinion is another in a line of rulings that show the justices moving away from the broad deference government agencies once enjoyed. The Ohio high court solidified its position in a 2022 ruling tossing the equivalent of the Chevron standard for state agencies, before the US Supreme Court did so last year on the federal level in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.

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