MTD Products, Inc. v. Robatin

In MTD Products, Inc. v. Robatin, (1991), 61 Ohio St. 3d 66, 572 N.E.2d 661, the Ohio Supreme Court held as follows: "As a general rule, an employee with a fixed place of employment, who is injured while traveling to or from his place of employment, is not entitled to participate in the Workers' Compensation Fund because the requisite causal connection between the injury and the employment does not exist." The Supreme Court further stated that the general rule, however, does not operate as a complete bar to an employee who is injured commuting to and from work if the injury occurs within the zone of employment. Id. at 68.