Stivison v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

STIVISON, APPELLANT, v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as Stivison v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (1997), 80 Ohio St. 3d 498.] Workers’ compensation — Employee assaulted and injured by fellow employee at restaurant near workplace — Injury not compensable when not sustained “in the course of” employment. (No. 96-1411 — Submitted September 10, 1997 — Decided December 31, 1997.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hocking County, No. 95CA13. After finishing a shift at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (“Goodyear”) plant, appellant, Richard Stivison, stopped at a nearby…