Vandriest v. Midlem

The controlling question in this appeal is whether appellee is entitled to the immunity from suit provided by the workers’ compensation *184statutes.1 If Crestview, appellee’s employer, was also appellant’s employer, then appellant’s action is barred by R.C. 4123.74 and 4123.741. If the school district was not appellant’s employer, however, then appellee may not invoke the statutory immunity.

This court considered a related issue in Daniels v. MacGregor Co. (1965), 2 Ohio St. 2d 89 [31 O.O.2d 141], and Campbell v. Central Terminal Warehouse (1978), 56 Ohio St. 2d 173 [10 O.O.3d 342]. Daniels and…