State Ex Rel. Dillard Department Stores v. Ryan

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{¶ 1} A self-insured employer can generally obtain reimbursement for workers’ compensation payments made to an employee when those payments are subsequently found to have been unwarranted through administrative or judicial proceedings. R.C. 4123.512(H). Here we are presented with the issue of whether reimbursement is required by statute following a second voluntary dismissal by the employee, implicating the double-dismissal rule in Civ.R. 41(A)(1). We hold that reimbursement is not required when the action is dismissed pursuant to a settlement agreement between the employer and employee,…