State ex rel. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Industrial Commission

Bell claims that the commission abused its discretion in (1) finding involuntary, i.e., injury-induced, retirement, (2) the process by which permanent total disability was found, and (3) retroactively awarding compensation for permanent total disability. Upon review, we find that only the last claim has merit.

The commission’s order is initially confusing because it describes claimant’s retirement as “voluntary.” This characterization, however, refers only to the claimant’s initiation of that act. The balance of the order makes it clear that the commission considered claimant’s retirement to…