State Ex Rel. Haddox v. Industrial Commission

O’Connor, C J.,

concurring.

{¶ 36} I concur in the majority’s decision, because I must.

{¶ 37} As the majority opinion makes clear, the result in this case is compelled by the court’s prior decision in State ex rel. Gross v. Indus. Comm., 115 Ohio St.3d 249, 2007-Ohio-4916, 874 N.E.2d 1162 (“Gross II”).

{¶ 38} I dissented, strongly, from the majority’s decision in Gross II, asserting that this court had wrongly decided to reconsider its prior decision in the case, State ex rel. Gross v. Indus. Comm., 112 Ohio St.3d 65, 2006-Ohio-6500, 858 N.E.2d 335 (“Gross I ”), and wrongly decided to find that…