State ex rel. Baker v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Appellant-claimant, Ernest F. Baker, was hurt on the job in 1993. His application for workers’ compensation benefits was initially denied by appellee, *268Industrial Commission of Ohio, which concluded that claimant was not an employee, but rather an independent contractor, and therefore exempt from these benefits. This finding precipitated a six-year administrative and legal battle in which claimant’s employment status and the specification of medical conditions related to his accident were hotly debated. Litigation ended on November 2, 1999, when appellee’s staff hearing officer denied…