Betras v. G. M. McKelvey Co.

I fully concur with the majority opinion in this case so far as it holds that the doctrine of comparative negligence' was' not adopted by this court in either the case of Smith v. Zone Cabs, a Partnership, 135 Ohio St., 415, 21 N. E. (2d), 336, or the case of Glasco v. Mendelman, 143 Ohio St., 649, 56 N. E. (2d), 210. The comparative-negligence doctrine has never been recognized by the state courts in this state except as such doctrine is required to be applied by statute (Section 6245-1, General Code, in actions for personal injury by an employee against his employer due to the negligence of…