Falke v. Cubby Drilling, Inc.

1998 Ohio 633, 81 Ohio St. 3d 197

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: March 11, 1998
• Docket: 1997-1535
• Status: Published

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 81 Ohio St.3d 197.]

FALKE, APPELLANT, v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC. ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Falke v. Cubby Drilling, Inc., 1998-Ohio-633.] Workers’ compensation—Employee injured in traffic accident during travel home from remote well drilling site—Determining whether employee is a fixed- situs employee and therefore within the coming-and-going rule—Fixed- situs employee entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries occurring while coming and going from or to his place of employment, when. (No. 97-1535—Submitted February 4, 1998—Decided March 11, 1998.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Stark County, No. 1996CA00346. __________________ Ronald E. Slipski; Green, Haines, Sgambati, Murphy & Macala Co., L.P.A., and Elizabeth M. Phillips, for appellant. Garvin & Hickey, LLC, Michael J. Hickey and Preston J. Garvin, for appellee Cubby Drilling, Inc. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed on the authority of Ruckman v. Cubby Drilling, Inc. (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d 117, ___ N.E.2d ___. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________