Does Trial Court Have Jurisdiction to Hear Workers' Comp Appeal if BWC Administrator Not Served With Appeal Notice?
2nd District Court of Appeals (Miami County)
ISSUE: When a claimant appeals the administrative denial of his or her application for state workers’ compensation benefits to a court of common pleas, must the appellant name the administrator of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) as a party in the notice of appeal, and serve the administrator with a copy of that notice, in order to confer jurisdiction on the common pleas court to hear the claimant’s appeal?