BLACKWELL v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC., 37 Ohio St.3d 245 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 489

BLACKWELL ET AL., APPELLEES, v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC., APPELLANT.

No. 87-1583Supreme Court of Ohio.Submitted June 2, 1988 —
Decided June 29, 1988.

Workers’ compensation — Retroactive application of R.C. 4121.80(H), unconstitutional.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Tuscarawas County, No. 86AP120082.

John M. Skakun and Patricia L. Byard, for appellees.

Kincaid, Cultice Geyer and Peter N. Cultice, for appellant.

The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on authority of Van Fossen v. Babcock Wilcox Co. (1988), 36 Ohio St.3d 100, 522 N.E.2d 489.

MOYER, C.J., SWEENEY, LOCHER, HOLMES, DOUGLAS, WRIGHT and H. BROWN, JJ., concur.

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