Case Title: Collinsworth v. Western Elec. Co.

Citation: 1992-Ohio-100

Docket Number: 19910699

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 1992-06-03T00:00:00Z

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    Collinsworth, Appellee, v. Western Electric Company,  
Appellant; Mayfield, Admr., et al., Appellees. 
    [Cite as Collinsworth v. Western Elec. Co. (1992)    Ohio St.3d   
   .] 
    Workers' compensation -- Payment of medical expenses tolls  
        the ten-year statute of limitations contained in R.C. 4123.52. 
    (Nos. 91-699 and 91-707 -- Submitted April 27, 1992 -- Decided June   
3, 1992.) 
    Certified by and Appeal from the Court of Appeals for  
Franklin County, No. 90AP-816. 
    On Motion for Clarification. 
    Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur and Darrell R. Shepard, for  
appellant. 
    Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, and Gerald H. Waterman, for  
appellees Industrial Commission and James Mayfield, Administrator   
of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation. 
    Alice Robie Resnick, J.   Upon consideration of the motion  
for clarification filed by appellees Industrial Commission et  
al., the last sentence of the decision of this court issued on  
March 18, 1992 in Collinsworth v. Western Elec. Co. (1992), 63 Ohio  
St.3d 268, 568 N.E.2d 1071, is modified to read as follows: 
    "For all of the above reasons, we affirm the judgment of the  
court of appeals and remand this cause to the common pleas  
 
court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion." 
      
 
 
    Order accordingly. 
    Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Douglas, Wright and H. Brown,  
JJ., concur.