Lopez v. King Bridge Co.

Ohio Supreme Court
Lopez v. King Bridge Co., 1 Ohio Law. Abs. 435 (Ohio 1923)
Allen, Day, Jones, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson

Lopez v. King Bridge Co.

Opinion of the Court

DAY, J.

For the purposes of the workmen’s compensation act a minor over sixteen and under eighteen years *436of age is sui juris, by the terms of Section 1465-93, General Code, and in case of accident, due to claimed failure of his employer to comply with a lawful requirement, among other acts of negligence, such minor, having elected to accept hoth temporary and permanent compensation from the state insurance fund, is estopped thereby from afterward maintaining an action for damages in court against his employer who^has complied with the workmen’s compensation act.’

Judgment affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Matthias and Allen, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Gerald Lopez, an infant v. the King Bridge Company
Status
Published