Balyint v. Arkansas Best Freight System, Inc.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether a self-insured employer is answerable in damages for intentionally and wrongfully terminating workers’ compensation payments to an injured employee. For the following reasons, we hold that appellees have stated a viable cause of action and that the complaint should not have been dismissed.

In Jones v. VIP Development Co. (1984), 15 Ohio St. 3d 90, we defined an intentional tort at paragraph one of the syllabus as follows:

“An intentional tort is an act committed with the intent to injure another, or committed with the belief that such injury is…