Bowman v. National Graphics Corp.

The issue to be decided in this cause is whether the agency and the courts below correctly held that a physical disability caused by the performance of one’s normal job duties, which disability develops gradually over a prolonged period of time on the job, is a compensable injury within the meaning of R. C. 4123.01(C). Amendatory language was inserted in the statute effective November 2, 1959 (Am. Sub. H. B. No. 470; 128 Ohio Laws 743, 745).

That section then provided and still provides:

“ ‘Injury’ includes any injury, whether caused by external accidental means or accidental in character and…