Supreme Court Vacates Writ Directing Commission to Consider Adult's Status as Dependent

The Ohio Supreme Court vacated a decision by an appellate court directing the Industrial Commission to consider whether a worker’s adult daughter was entitled to death benefits as a dependent. Darrell W. Holderman worked as a security officer for Merchant Security Services of Dayton, Ohio Inc. He was shot and killed by a prisoner he was guarding in June 2022. Holderman’s daughter applied for death benefits. She was 39 at the time and alleged that she lived with Holderman and her two minor children. The daughter asserted that he made all payments on the mortgage, trash and sewer s...