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Morris v. City of Cleveland

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 19, 1945
146 Ohio St. 186 (Ohio 1945)

Summary

In Morris v. City of Cleveland (1945), 44 Ohio Law Abs. 215, this court held that an employee may be entitled to compensation from the Workers' Compensation Fund, even if the employee is not on the employer's premises, if the employee is injured in a sphere or zone over which the employer has control.

Summary of this case from Weiss v. University Hospitals of Cleveland

Opinion

No. 30534

Decided December 19, 1945.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Negligence — Defect in sidewalk in front of employer's place of business — Section 3714, General Code — Employee injured while on way to work — Injury not covered by Workmen's Compensation Act, when — Civil action for damages maintainable, when — Defect known to employee — Walk covered with snow and defect not apparent — Contributory negligence.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county.

Mr. William F. Waldeisen and Mr. Ralph L. Bailey, for appellee.

Mr. Lee C. Howley, director of law, Mr. Joseph H. Crowley, Mr. James M. McSweeney and Mr. Clarence L. Mollison, for appellant.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, BELL, WILLIAMS, TURNER, MATTHIAS and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Morris v. City of Cleveland

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 19, 1945
146 Ohio St. 186 (Ohio 1945)

In Morris v. City of Cleveland (1945), 44 Ohio Law Abs. 215, this court held that an employee may be entitled to compensation from the Workers' Compensation Fund, even if the employee is not on the employer's premises, if the employee is injured in a sphere or zone over which the employer has control.

Summary of this case from Weiss v. University Hospitals of Cleveland
Case details for

Morris v. City of Cleveland

Case Details

Full title:MORRIS, APPELLEE v. CITY OF CLEVELAND, APPELLANT

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 19, 1945

Citations

146 Ohio St. 186 (Ohio 1945)
64 N.E.2d 422

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