Case Name: Industrial Commission of Ohio v. Ames
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1933-05-24
Citations: 126 Ohio St. 642
Docket Number: No. 23968
Parties: Industrial Commission of Ohio v. Ames.
Judges: Day, Allen, Stephenson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 126
Pages: 642–643

Head Matter:
Industrial Commission of Ohio v. Ames.
(No. 23968
Decided May 24, 1933.)
Mr. John W. Bricher, attorney general, and Mr. B. B. Zurmehly, for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Frey, Oliver & Maerlender and Mr. William B. Fairgrieve, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals be, and the same hereby is, reversed, and this court proceeding to render the judgment that the Court of Appeals should have rendered, it is ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the court of common pleas be, and the same hereby is, affirmed for the reason that the amended petition does not state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action. Though averring injury in the course of employment, the allowance and payment of compensation by the Industrial Commission and the subsequent discontinuance of such payment followed by an averment of a denial of plaintiff's application for continuance thereof and later dismissal of plaintiff's application for a rehearing, and upon these averments basing the prayer for a specific sum of money and award of compensation for total disability, there is an entire absence of any averments relative to any disability existing since the date of the discontinuance of said payments, or any other facts which would tend to require or authorize the payment of any further compensation. Pleading and proof of such facts are prerequisite to any recovery.
Judgment reversed.
Day, Allen, Stephenson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.
Weygandt, C. J., not participating.