State ex rel. Miller v. Industrial Commission

*419{¶ 1} Jimmie Miller became a paraplegic after a 1967 industrial injury. In 1968, he was granted permanent total disability compensation (“PTD”), which continued until his death from related causes in 2000.

{¶ 2} After receiving death benefits, appellant widow-claimant, Ruth J. Miller, sought a scheduled loss award under R.C. 4123.57(B) for her decedent’s total loss of use of his legs. That motion was brought pursuant to R.C. 4123.60, which permits payment of an award to dependents that “decedent would have been lawfully entitled to have applied for * * * at the time of his death.”

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