Articles by Julie Carr Smyth

AIG Settles; Agrees to Pay $725 Million to Investors

American International Group Inc. and some of its directors and officers have agreed to a $725 million settlement to resolve allegations of wide-ranging fraud laid out in a class action suit led by three Ohio pension funds. Ohio Attorney General …

Ohio Workers’ Comp Advisers Wanted Recommendation, Didn’t Get It

The director of an embattled legislative panel bucked the position held by panel advisers when she declined to make a recommendation on a bill with sweeping consequences for the nation’s largest state-run injured worker insurance fund, the Associated Press has …

Clashes Led to Firings, Discrimination Claims at Ohio Work Comp Council

Internal pressure was mounting for months ahead of the February firings of the staff of an agency charged with protecting the well-being of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers. Public records obtained by The Associated Press reveal frustration among the …

Ohio House Review of Worker’s Comp Council Firings Begins March 24

A state House of Representatives committee will review a council created to protect Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers in the wake of the firing of the council’s three-member staff. House Insurance Committee Chairman Dan Dodd of Hebron, a Democrat, …

Clashes Led to Firings, Discrimination Claims at Ohio Work Comp Council

Internal pressure was mounting for months ahead of the February firings of the staff of an agency charged with protecting the well-being of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers. Public records obtained by The Associated Press reveal frustration among the …

Fired Ohio Workers’ Compensation Board Employees Allege Religious Bias

The staff of a board created to monitor legislation affecting Ohio’s massive injured worker insurance fund after a rare coin investment scandal has been fired, plunging its oversight role into chaos. The three fired employees have accused the director of …

Ohio High Court Strikes Down Governor’s Veto of Paint Lawsuit Bill

The Ohio Supreme Court on Aug. 1 struck down Gov. Ted Strickland’s veto of a bill prohibiting lawsuits over lead paint. In a 5-2 decision, the court ordered Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to move forward with the bill, which …