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20140707-NEWS--1-NAT-CCI-CL_-- 7/3/2014 1:56 PM Page 1 $2.00/JULY 7 - 13, 2014 Employers are waiting on court for refunds Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s appeal of lawsuit causing more delays By JAY MILLER Below, [email protected] clockwise, are shirts being sold by The appeal to the Ohio Supreme Fresh Brewed Tees, Court by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ CLE Clothing Co. and GV Compensation of a lawsuit filed by em- Art and Design. ployers continues to put in limbo po- tential refunds to 270,000 businesses — some of more than $1 million and many into six figures. Those are estimates from PayUs- BackOhioBWC, an organization and website created by the plaintiff compa- nies in a lawsuit seeking refunds of overpayments to the BWC. ike Kubinski remembers when he and business partner Jeff In May, the Eighth District Court of Appeals affirmed a 2013 decision by Rees attempted to get a small business loan prior to launching Cuyahoga County Common Pleas CLE Clothing Co. in 2008 — during a recession. M Court Judge Richard McMonagle that “Basically, they just laughed at us said, ‘You can’t do that now,’ ” awarded the plaintiffs $859 million. Kubinski said. “As our tagline says, we literally built this company one However, the appeals court ordered the T-shirt at a time.” case back to McMonagle’s court for a That is a common theme in Cleveland. recalculation of the refunds. The BWC A year after CLE Clothing’s debut, Tony Madalone — who, as a on June 27 filed its intent to appeal. basketball player at Ashland University once launched a vintage PayUsBackOhioBWC created the T-shirt company from his dorm — and Fresh Brewed Tees made their website to make employers aware of first online splash. how much of a financial stake they Also in 2009, GV Art and Design — two years after making national have in the outcome of the case, San news with its “One Town, One Team, One Dream” campaign featuring Allen Inc. v. Buehrer, and to generate a Cleveland Cavaliers T-shirt, rap song and a YouTube video that has support for a quick settlement of the generated almost 2.7 million views — joined the party. case, a hope now dashed by BWC’s de- See T-SHIRT Page 21 cision to appeal. (Stephen Buehrer is administrator of the BWC.) 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