THE STATE EX REL. JOHNSON, APPELLANT, v. RYAN, ADMR., ET AL., APPELLEES.
No. 2010-0505
Supreme Court of Ohio
November 24, 2010
127 Ohio St.3d 267, 2010-Ohio-5676
Submitted November 16, 2010
Per Curiam.
{¶ 1} The Industrial Commission of Ohio determined that appellant, Olivia Johnson, was not the common-law wife of the late Silas Johnson and thus could not receive death benefits arising from the occupational disease that claimed his life. The Court of Appeals for Franklin County upheld that decision and denied Johnson‘s request for a writ of mandamus. Johnson now appeals to this court as of right.
{¶ 2} In the course of the proceedings below, the matter was referred to a magistrate pursuant to
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{¶ 4} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
BROWN, C.J., and PFEIFER, LUNDBERG STRATTON, O‘CONNOR, O‘DONNELL, LANZINGER, and CUPP, JJ., concur.
Podor Law Firm and Dustin S. Lewis, for appellant.
Sammon & Bolmeyer Co., L.P.A., and Albert C. Sammon, for appellee Jillian Johnson.
Richard Cordray, Attorney General, and Sandra E. Pinkerton, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees Marsha Ryan and Industrial Commission of Ohio.
