State ex rel. Romans v. Elder Beerman Stores Corp.

{¶ 1} Appellee-claimant, Steven Romans, was injured on the job on November 17, 1992. A workers’ compensation claim was allowed, and claimant was treated regularly over the next six years.

*166{¶ 2} Claimant moved appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio for permanent partial disability compensation in March 1999. The commission denied his request, finding that the claim had lapsed for lack of any compensation payment in the six years following the injury. The commission relied on the version of R.C. 4123.52 in effect on claimant’s date of injury:

{¶ 3} “No * * * finding or award in respect of any…