Pacatte v. Daugherty

The principal issue in this appeal is whether plaintiff-appellant Robert L. Pacatte is entitled to participate in Ohio’s workers’ compensation fund as the result of an injury he sustained in the course of his employment with defendant-appellee, the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (“SORTA”). We conclude that Pacatte is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits, and we therefore reverse the judgment of the court of common pleas.

The court’s judgment was based upon stipulations filed by the parties, which reveal the following facts. In April 1976, Pacatte was employed as a bus…