Murphy v. Carrollton Manufacturing Co.

Appellant’s complaint demanded that she be entitled to participate in the Workers’ Compensation Fund and receive death benefits due to her husband’s death. We have stated that in order for dependents of deceased workers to participate in the Workers’ Compensation Fund and collect death benefits, “ * * * the proof offered must show such injury was a proximate cause of death * * *.” Aiken v. Indus. Comm. (1944), 143 Ohio St. 113, 28 O.O. 50, 53 N.E.2d 1018, at the syllabus. Moreover, we have adhered to the proposition that when “ * * * considering the issue of proximate cause in the workers’…