State ex rel. Johnson v. Rawac Plating Co.

A temporary total disability is one that prevents a return to the former position of employment. State, ex rel. Ramirez, v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 630, 23 O.O.3d 518, 433 N.E.2d 586. Ramirez authorizes temporary total compensation:

“ ‘ * * * [UJntil one of the following three things occur: (1) he [claimant] has returned to work, (2) his treating physician has made a written statement that he is capable of returning to his former position of employment, or (3) the temporary disability has become permanent.’ ” Id. at 632, 23 O.O.3d at 519, 433 N.E.2d at 588.

We must determine whether…