Sechler v. Krouse

In 1913, the General Assembly enacted former G. C. 1465-86 (103 Ohio Laws 88) which, in describing the continuing jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission to change or modify its former orders or findings regarding claims for benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act, provided that “the powers and jurisdiction of the board over each case shall be continuing.”

However, in 1931, the General Assembly introduced a time limitation by providing that the commission lacked jurisdiction to change its former orders or findings where the date of the last payment of compensation or benefits (or, in…