State ex rel. Cook v. Zimpher

Claimant-appellant has a right to permanent partial disability compensation for two hundred weeks for loss of his right leg in addition to the disability compensation of one hundred fifty weeks for loss of his right foot under R.C. 4123.57(C). He therefore has a right to three hundred fifty weeks of compensation. In this case this court reasons otherwise and contends that loss of his right leg includes the loss of his right foot, and that appellant has a right only to two hundred weeks of compensation for loss of his right leg. I disagree.

When R.C. 4123.57(C) is properly construed to…