Ohio Code 4123.756 – Death of employer prior to commencement of civil action
In the event an employer, under the purview of sections 4123.751 to 4123.755 of the Revised Code, has died prior to the commencement of any civil suit or proceeding before the bureau of workers’ compensation or industrial commission, such sections shall likewise apply to any executor or administrator or the employer, and the employer shall be deemed to have constituted the secretary of state as his agent for such purpose, and the agency shall not terminate by reason of the death of the employer.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4123.756
- Employer: means :
(a) The state, including state hospitals, each county, municipal corporation, township, school district, and hospital owned by a political subdivision or subdivisions other than the state;
(b) Every person, firm, professional employer organization, alternate employer organization, and private corporation, including any public service corporation, that (i) has in service one or more employees or shared employees regularly in the same business or in or about the same establishment under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, or (ii) is bound by any such contract of hire or by any other written contract, to pay into the insurance fund the premiums provided by this chapter. See Ohio Code 4123.01
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59