State ex rel. Smith v. Superior's Brand Meats, Inc.

This controversy presents another variation on a recurrent theme — a claimant’s eligibility for temporary total disability compensation when claimant no longer works at the job at which he or she was hurt. The relevance of employment separation to temporary total disability compensation eligibility has its roots in State ex rel. Ramirez v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 69 Ohio St.2d 680, 23 O.O.3d 518, 433 N.E.2d 586, syllabus, which defined “temporary total disability” as “a disability which prevents a worker from returning to his former position of employment.” (Emphasis added.) This description…