State ex rel. Rockwell International v. Industrial Commission

Appellant contends, in essence, that there is no competent medical evidence to support the Industrial Commission’s order granting claimant permanent and total disability from a previously allowed claim, thus constituting an abuse of discretion subject to correction by an action in mandamus.

This court has consistently stated that “the determination of disputed factual situations is within the final jurisdiction of the commission, subject to correction by action in mandamus only upon a showing of abuse of discretion * * * [but] where the record contains evidence which supports the commission’s…