The industrial commission shall not be bound by the usual common law or statutory rules of evidence or by any technical or formal rules of procedure, other than as provided in sections 4123.01 to 4123.94, inclusive, of the Revised Code, but may make an investigation in such manner as in its judgment is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and to carry out justly the spirit of such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4123.10
Industrial commission not bound by rules of evidence
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Ass'n v. Ranke (2010)
Most recently applied in Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Ass'n v. Ranke (October 2010)
Effective: November 2, 1959; Latest Legislation: House Bill 470 - 103rd General Assembly
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.