State Ex Rel. Robinson v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Appellant, Shelby K. Robinson, appeals from the judgment of the court of appeals denying her request for a writ of mandamus. The court of appeals held that the Industrial Commission did not abuse its discretion by denying Robinson temporary-total-disability compensation on the basis that Robinson’s discharge from employment for violating written workplace rules had been a voluntary abandonment.

{¶ 2} For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

{¶ 3} Robinson had been employed as a licensed practical nurse (“LPN”) with Progressive Parma Care Center, L.L.C./Parma Care Nursing and Rehabilitation…