State ex rel. Bailey v. Indus. Comm. (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Appellant, Jason S. Bailey, appeals the judgment of the court of appeals denying his request for a writ of mandamus that would require the Industrial Commission to award him permanent-total-disability compensation. Bailey alleged that the commission abused its discretion by relying on a stale medical report as evidence to support its decision denying him compensation.

{¶ 2} We agree with the court of appeals that the commission did not abuse its discretion when it relied on the 2009 report of Dr. Lee Howard as evidence that Bailey’s allowed psychological conditions did not render him…