Johnson v. Administrator

The central issue on appeal is whether the court of common pleas below was vested with jurisdiction to review the claims of all the appellants whose claims to unemployment compensation had been denied by the board. We agree with the court of appeals that the trial court’s jurisdiction was limited to the claims of those appellants who actually appealed the board’s rulings. Accordingly, we affirm.

The procedure for appealing a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review to the court of common pleas is set forth in R.C. 4141.28(0). At the outset, we must determine which version of…