State Ex Rel. Schrichten v. Industrial Commission

Claimant proposes that the requested medical treatment was related to conditions implicitly allowed by the self-insured employer via GMC’s payment of bills and authorization of surgery in 1978. The Industrial Commission and GMC disagree, and further state that the court of appeals erred in ordering the commission to reconsider claimant’s application. We agree with the Industrial Commission and GMC.

Claimant’s argument was recently rejected by State ex rel. Griffith v. Indus. Comm. (1999), 87 Ohio St.3d 154, 156, 718 N.E.2d 423, 425. There, we wrote:

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