Industrial Comm. v. Pora

In Industrial Comm. v. Pora (1919), 100 Ohio St. 218, 125 N.E. 662, an employee fatally assaulted Pora when Pora was sent by his supervisor to take possession of an electric riddle that was in the possession of the employee. Pora's injuries were clearly not the result of an accident, but rather were intentionally inflicted by the employee. In deciding whether Pora's widow was entitled to receive benefits on behalf of her deceased husband through the workers' compensation program, the Supreme Court of Ohio found the issue to be whether Pora removed himself from his course and scope of employment. In its analysis, the Court did not differentiate between Pora's case where his injuries were intentionally inflicted by a co-employee and other cases where an employee's injuries were the result of an accident.