The state of Ohio is looking to appeal a court decision that would require the state workers compensation fund to reimburse employers $860 million in alleged premium overcharges from 2001 to 2007.
The state filed an appeal on April 16. It says the ruling of Judge Richard J. McMonagle of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on March 20 was wrong as a matter of law.
According to court documents, the state outlines nine reasons the decision should be reversed. Of them, the state says the court erred in calculating damages due the plaintiffs under an "equitable restitution" formula the state alleges is inappropriate.
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