COLLINSWORTH, v. WESTERN ELEC. CO.

Nos. 91-699 and 91-707.

63 Ohio St.3d 268 (1992)

COLLINSWORTH, APPELLEE, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, APPELLANT; MAYFIELD, ADMR., ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charley Hess and Janice M. Kennedy; Stewart Jaffy & Assoc. Co., L.P.A., Stewart Jaffy and Marc Jaffy, for appellee Collinsworth.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Charles J. Kurtz III, Darrell R. Shepard and Karl J. Sutter, 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.

The issue presented to this court is whether the payment of a medical bill is sufficient to toll the ten-year statute of limitations set forth in R.C. 4123.52. We begin with the language of the statute in question, which provides in relevant part as follows:

"The jurisdiction of the industrial commission over each case shall be continuing, and the commission may make such modification or change with respect to former findings or orders...

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