State ex rel. Lawson v. Forge

{¶ 1} Throughout his working career, appellant-claimant, Donald E. Lawson, did heavy labor. During much of this time, claimant was also a council member for the village of West Elkton, Ohio, a community of approximately 270 people.

{¶ 2} In 1985, claimant’s allowed workers’ compensation conditions of lumbosacral strain, herniated disc L4-5, and mild depression forced him from the labor market. Claimant was awarded permanent total disability compensation (“PTD”) effective in 1994, after appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio concluded that the low-stress sedentary jobs to which claimant’s…