Injury Cases: Work Area

(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.

Fitch v. Ameritech Corp. (6/5/07)

Worker who was injured in revolving door while entering office building to return to work after paid smoke break was in zone of employment and entitled to participate in the workers' compensation fund.

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Brown
Appellate District: 10

Gonzalez v. Admr., BWC (3/24/04)

Evidence could support finding that employee who was attacked on her way to work was in the zone of employment because she was attacked on walkway to door employees were required to use. Therefore, summary judgment should not have been granted for employer.

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge DeGenaro
Appellate District: 7

Phelps v. Dispatch Printing Co. (6/1/10)

Worker who was injured when on employer's premises only to collect paycheck pursuant to employer's policy permitting employees to do so is entitled to participate in the workers' compensation fund.

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge French
Appellate District: 10

Tucker v. Michael's Stores, Inc. (4/12/04)

Evidence supported trial court's finding that injured employee was entitled to workers' compensation because employer exercised control over area where employee slipped and fell on sidewalk.

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Cupp
Appellate District: 3

Tucker v. Michael's Stores, Inc. (3/28/03)

Whether worker who slipped on ice as she entered building was entitled to participate in the workers' compensation system depended on whether she was injured in the zone of employment, which depends on whether employer had control of the sidewalk (which was a question of fact under the facts of this case).

Vote: 3-0
Opinion by: Judge Shaw
Appellate District: 3