State ex rel. Hopkins v. Industrial Commission

Hopkins disputes the appellate court’s determination that the commission’s order adequately explained its result.

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Medical Challenge

Hopkins attempts to discredit the reports of Drs. Wunder and Penix, so as to leave Dr. Slemmer’s report as the only competent medical evidence of record. If successful, Dr. Slemmer’s assessment of a medical incapacity for work would negate the need to consider nonmedical disability factors and compel a permanent total disability award. State ex rel. Galion Mfg. Div., Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Haygood (1991), 60 Ohio St.3d 38, 573 N.E.2d 60.

*39It was the commission’s…