Hall v. Industrial Commission

Can the claimant recover compensation for injury sustained outside the state of Ohio while engaged in interstate commerce as a porter on his employer’s bus?

Article II, Section 35, of the Ohio Constitution, is the basis for the Workmen’s Compensation Law and contemplates that laws shall be passed to carry it into effect. No language is found within the Constitution itself which limits the territorial operation of provisions governing compensation or confines the right thereto to injuries occurring within the state. In fact, the basal section mentioned refers to “any employer.”

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