State ex rel. Royal v. Industrial Commission

All agree that appellee-claimant Gerald Royal’s two industrial injuries have left his right arm barely functional. In 1996, he moved appellant Industrial Commission of Ohio for compensation for permanent total disability (“PTD”). A year later, a staff hearing officer (“SHO”) granted that application.

Appellant-employer Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation timely sought reconsideration, alleging that the SHO had (1) misread certain medical and vocational reports and (2) equated loss of use in one arm with statutory PTD. Reconsideration was denied on October 28, 1997, because the request did…