RUCKMAN v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC.

Nos. 96-1788, 96-1790 and 96-1791.

81 Ohio St.3d 117 (1998)

RUCKMAN, APPELLEE, v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC., APPELLANT. RIGGS, APPELLEE, v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC., APPELLANT. BROSIUS, APPELLEE, v. CUBBY DRILLING, INC., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Becker and James E. Wilhelm, Jr., for appellees Kenneth E. Ruckman, Jr. and Richard T. Brosius.

Brian & Brian, Steven J. Brian and Brian R. Mertes, for appellee John W. Riggs III.

Millisor & Nobil and Sara L. Rose; Garvin & Hickey, L.L.C., and Michael J. Hickey, for appellant Cubby Drilling, Inc.

Stewart Jaffy & Associates Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy and Marc J. Jaffy, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.


COOK, J.

This case presents the court with two distinct yet interrelated issues: (1) whether the Cubby employees were fixed-situs employees within the meaning of the coming-and-going rule despite the temporary nature of their work assignments and, if they were, (2) whether the employees nevertheless overcame the presumption embodied in the coming-and-going rule by specifically demonstrating that their injuries...

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