State ex rel. Toledo Hosp. v. Ohio Bur. of WorkersÆ Comp.

1998 Ohio 350

• Court: Ohio Supreme Court
• Decided: December 30, 1998
• Docket: 1996-1656
• Status: Published

Opinion

THE STATE EX REL. TOLEDO HOSPITAL, APPELLEE, v. ADMR., OHIO BUREAU OF

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, ET AL., APPELLEES; KANARY, APPELLANT.

[Cite as State ex rel. Toledo Hosp. v. Ohio Bur. of Workers’ Comp. (1998), ___

Ohio St.3d ___.]

Workers’ compensation – Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and order of

Industrial Commission reinstated.

(No. 96-1656 – Submitted October 27, 1998 – Decided December 30, 1998.)

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 95APD04-424.

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Marshall & Melhorn and David L. O’Connell, for appellee Toledo Hospital.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Reeve W. Kelsey, Assistant

Attorney General, for appellees Adminstrator, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation,

and Industrial Commission.

Dorothy B. McCrory & Associates, Christopher S. Clark and Kurt M.

Young, for appellant John E. Kanary.

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed, and the order of the

Industrial Commission is reinstated.

DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur.

MOYER, C.J., COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting. Because I would affirm the

judgment of the court of appeals, I respectfully dissent.

MOYER, C.J., and COOK, J., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.