State ex rel. Hodge v. Ryan

{¶ 1} Appellant, Peggy Hodge, seeks to compel appellee, the administrator of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, to pay Vicki Hulbert, a licensed practical nurse, higher wages for the in-home care that Hulbert provides to her. Hulbert has helped care for Hodge, a quadriplegic, for decades. In 1993, the Industrial Commission of Ohio set Hulbert’s hourly rate of pay for Hodge’s care at $18.75, which was the maximum amount permitted under the agency’s guidelines for a licensed practical nurse, absent special circumstances.

{¶ 2} Fourteen years later, Hodge asked the commission to increase…