State ex rel. Evans v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.

As this court stated in State, ex rel. Ramirez, v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 630, 632 [23 O.O.3d 518], R.C. 4123.56 provides that an employee is entitled to be paid temporary disability benefits when injured and unable to work until one of the following three things occurs: (1) he has returned to work, (2) his treating physician has made a written statement that he is capable of returning to his former position of employment, or (3) the temporary disability has become permanent. The statute specifically refers to the capability of an employee of “returning to his former position of…