State ex rel. Eaton Corp. v. Lancaster

Because I believe the majority opinion is somewhat confusing and, in part, wrong, I write separately.

Section 35, Article II of the Ohio Constitution provides, in part:

“For the purpose of providing compensation to workmen and their dependents, for death, injuries or occupational disease, occasioned in the course of such workmen’s employment, laws may be passed establishing a state fund to be created by compulsory contribution thereto by employers, and administered by the state, determining the terms and conditions upon which payment shall be made therefrom.”

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Pursuant to this authority, the…