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Baltimore Ravens, Inc. v. Self-Insuring Emp. Evaluation Bd. (3/27/02)
Decisions of Self-Insuring Employers Evaluation Board cannot be appealed to court under R.C. 119.12.
Vote: 6-1 Opinion by: Justice Resnick

Crosset Co., State ex rel. v. Conrad (1/19/00)
Court holds that a company which buys the assets of a foreclosed company from an intermediary bank is not responsible for the foreclosed company's workers' compensation claim costs incurred under a "retrospective-rating" plan.
Vote: 5-2 Opinion by: Justice Douglas

Health Care Facilities, Inc., State ex rel. v. Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (1/7/98)
Where self-insured employer bought assets of another employer, but was not a succeeding employer and did not merge, the self-insurer was not required to buy-out the other employer from the state insurance fund.
Vote: 7-0 Opinion by: Per Curiam

Occidental Chem. Corp., State ex rel. v. Ohio Bur. of Workers' Comp. (4/11/01)
When an employer switches its status from Self-Insured to state fund (or from state fund to Self-Insured), the employer's status at the time of the injury (or injurious exposure, if occupational disease) determines whether claim is to be paid from state fund or by self-insurer.
Vote: 7-0 Opinion by: Per Curiam