State ex rel. Williams-Laker v. Industrial Commission

In granting the writ of mandamus, the appellate court determined that the Industrial Commission abused its discretion in failing to award wage-loss compensation to Williams-Laker. Therefore, we must determine whether the appellate court’s issuance of the writ was proper.

This is a case of first impression: whether an employee injured at work can receive wage-loss compensation for time missed for medical treatments pertaining to the workplace injury.

There are two types of workers’ compensation benefits involved in this case— medical benefits (R.C. 4123.54), which the commission approved and…