State ex rel. Nyitray v. Industrial Commission

I am not persuaded by the majority’s equal protection analysis. In my opinion, there are rational bases underlying those portions of the Workers’ Compensation Act which afford different treatment for dependents of deceased employees whose death is work-related as compared to dependents of deceased employees whose death is not work-related. I would, therefore, find no violation of the Equal Protection Clauses and would affirm the judgment of the court of appeals pursuant to the long*179standing precedent set in the case of State, ex rel. Spiker, v. Indus. Comm. (1943), 141 Ohio St. 174 [25…