Bralley v. Daugherty

An injury sustained by an employee is compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act only if it was “received in the course of, and arising out of, the injured employee’s employment.” R. C. 4123.01(C); R. C. 4123.54; Fassig v. State, ex rel. Turner (1917), 95 Ohio St. 232.

The test of the right to participate in the Workers’ Compensation Fund is not whether there was any fault or neglect on the part of the employer or his employees, but whether a “causal connection” existed between an employee’s injury and his employment either through the activities, the conditions or the environment of the…