State ex rel. Manley v. Industrial Commission

The issue presented herein is whether the opinion rendered by Dr. Davies, a non-examining physician, was properly utilized by the Industrial Commission in its denial of appellant’s motion for a permanent and total disability award.

In State, ex rel. Wallace, v. Indus. Comm. (1979), 57 Ohio *42St. 2d 55, this court discussed the purpose of the opinion of a non-examining physician in a case before the Industrial Commission. This court stated, at page 59: “[T]he non-examining physician is required to expressly accept all the findings of the examining physicians, but not the opinion drawn therefrom.…