Farrier v. Connor

The central question presented before this court is whether appellant’s decedent, as a member of the Ohio National Guard, was an employee of the state of Ohio under R.C. Chapter 4123, the workers’ compensation provisions.

When Ohio’s workers’ compensation statutes were first promulgated, members of the National Guard were ineligible to recover benefits from the State Insurance Fund. Then, in 1959, the General Assembly extended special coverage to National Guard members, and enacted several statutes, in 128 *220Ohio Laws 743, which specifically addressed this employment status.1 Two of these…