Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation v. McKinley

*157Cupp, J.

{¶ 1} This case arises because the settlement of a personal-injury suit brought by a recipient of workers’ compensation benefits against a third-party tortfeasor did not make any provision to repay the statutory subrogee, plaintiff-appellee, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. The bureau brought suit against both the recipient of workers’ compensation benefits and the third-party tortfeasor under R.C. 4123.931(G) to recover the full amount of its subrogation interest. The third-party tortfeasor raised a statute-of-limitations defense. The trial court held that a two-year…