Employment Cases: Course of/Scope of

(Court of Appeals)

Click on the case name to read the decision on the Ohio Supreme Court's web site. Decisions which adopt the decision of a lower court or Magistrate, or which decide a case based on a previous decision, are excluded.

Pursley v. MBNA Corp. (3/29/07)

Employee injured in accident with co-employee in company garage, after leaving company picnic, was barred by workers' compensation immunity from filing lawsuit for negligence because injury was compensable under workers' compensation because it occurred in the zone of employment.

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Blackmon
Appellate District: 8

Remer v. Conrad (8/1/03)

Worker who was walking to car to drive to bank before work and who was injured after slipping on ice in the parking lot was in the zone of employment and is entitled to participate in the workers' compensation fund.

Vote: 2-1
Opinion by: Judge Lanzinger
Appellate District: 6

Wissman v. Pro-Fab Indus. Inc. (6/19/02)

Injury to employee which occurred on premises, but before employee had clocked in and which was result of informal competation with another employee (which was not sponsored by the employer) did not occur in the course of, and arising out of employment and was not compensable.

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Baird
Appellate District: 9