State Ex Rel. Wells v. Indus. Comm. of Ohio, Unpublished Decision (6-1-2006)

DECISION

{¶ 1} Relator, Sheri Wells, has filed this original action requesting a writ of mandamus from this court. Specifically, relator requests that we order respondent Industrial Commission of Ohio ("commission") to vacate its order disallowing the claim of relator's late husband, Gregory Wells. The basis of her request is that decedent's fatal injuries occurred within the course and scope of his employment with respondent Eagle Fireworks, Inc.

{¶ 2} In reversing its own Staff Hearing Officer ("SHO"), the commission exercised its continuing jurisdiction to find that the SHO's order was…