Wargetz v. Villa Sancta Anna Home for the Aged

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the distinction made in R.C. 4123.84 between state fund insured employers and self-insured employers under the workers’ compensation laws of Ohio with regard to the tolling of the statute of limitations violates the Constitution of this state. Specifically, appellant argues that this statutory classification as applied to her violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Ohio Constitution.3

Although R.C. 4123.84 has been amended twice since 1976,4 the 1976 version is the applicable statute in the case at bar since it was in effect at the time of…