Employers who comply with section 4123.35 of the Revised Code shall not be liable to respond in damages at common law or by statute for any injury, or occupational disease, or bodily condition, received or contracted by any employee in the course of or arising out of his employment, or for any death resulting from such injury, occupational disease, or bodily condition occurring during the period covered by such premium so paid into the state insurance fund, or during the interval the employer is a self-insuring employer, whether or not such injury, occupational disease, bodily condition, or death is compensable under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4123.74
Immunity of employer
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 953 F. Supp. 187 - Yanacos v. LAKE COUNTY, OH (1996)
Most recently applied in Benahmed Ex Rel. Estate of Zbedah v. Houston Casualty Co. (May 2012)
Effective: October 20, 1993; Latest Legislation: House Bill 107 - 120th General Assembly
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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.