Towers v. Ohio State Univ. Wexner Med. Ctr.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 4324

Syllabus

Summary judgment Civ.R. 56 personal injury employer workers' compensation immunity. Plaintiff brought this action after suffering an injury while working at defendant's hospital. Plaintiff was employed by a temporary staffing agency and was placed at defendant's hospital by the agency. Defendant moved for summary judgment, arguing that it was immune from liability under the Workers' Compensation Act. Defendant argued that it qualified as plaintiff's \employer\ under the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act because it supervised plaintiff and controlled plaintiff's work. Plaintiff did not dispute that defendant controlled her work and supervised her, but argued that defendant should not be immune under the Workers' Compensation Act. The court granted summary judgment to defendant. The court found that, under controlling law, defendant was entitled to immunity under the Workers' Compensation Act due to the degree of supervision and control it exercised over plaintiff's work.