Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. v. Straley

The primary issue presented in these actions is whether a self-insured employer under the workers’ compensation laws which has paid medical expenses and other related workers’ compensation bene*376fits to an injured employee may recover damages against a third party who negligently caused the injury to the employee in the absence of any legal relationship based on contract or warranty between the employer and the third party. For the following reasons we hold in the negative and, accordingly, enter the appropriate judgments.

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This issue has been before this court in one form or another on several…