LOCHER, J.
The instant case requires us to determine when a workers' compensation proceeding or claim has been "instituted" or "pursued" against a self-insured employer for purposes of the retaliatory discharge prohibition of R.C. 4123.90. The appellate court herein ruled that an actual filing of a written claim is required to trigger the protections of the statute. We read the statute more broadly and thus reverse and remand.
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