State ex rel. Boyd v. Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (Slip Opinion)

{¶ 1} Relator-appellant, Robert Boyd, appeals the judgment of the Tenth District Court of Appeals denying his complaint for a writ of mandamus that would require the Industrial Commission to award him permanent-total-disability compensation.

{¶ 2} We find that the commission’s order was supported by evidence in the record. Therefore, the commission did not abuse its discretion when it denied Boyd’s request, and we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

{¶ 3} Boyd retired from the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (“Scotts”) in 1983. He filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits that was…