State ex rel. Kirk v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Entitlement to' workers’ compensation payments is a substantive right measured by the statutes in force on the date of the injury. State, ex rel. Samkas, v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 70 Ohio St. 2d 279, 281 [24 O.O.3d 364]; State, ex rel. Vaughn, v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 115, 117 [23 O.O.3d 161]; State, ex rel. Jeffrey, v. Indus. Comm. (1955), 164 Ohio St. 366, 367 [58 O.O. 152]; State, ex rel. Schmersal, v. Indus. Comm. (1944), 142 Ohio St. 477, 478 [27 O.O. 404]; Indus. Comm. v. Kamrath (1928), 118 Ohio St. 1, paragraphs one through three of the syllabus.1

*362At the time of Kirk’s…