State ex rel. Buckeye International, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

The Industrial Commission has the power to award permanent partial disability benefits for a severe anxiety neurosis which in combination with silicosis “caused claimant to become totally disabled,” as determined by the Staff Hearing Officer of the Industrial Commission. Therefore, the allowance of a writ of mandamus by the Court of Appeals vacating the permanent partial disability award is contrary to law.

While it is clear that the General Assembly, by enacting R. C. 4123.68(Y), intended that silicosis contracted in the workplace be compensable only when creating total disability or causing…