State ex rel. Sigler v. Lubrizol Corp.

{¶ 1} Appellants, the Industrial Commission and the Lubrizol Corporation, appeal the judgment of the court of appeals granting the request of appellee, Terry Sigler, for a writ of mandamus requiring the commission to vacate its order that overturned a staff hearing officer’s award of permanent-total-disability compensation.

{¶ 2} Appellants object to the court of appeals’ determination that the commission’s hearing did not comport with the due-process standards set forth in State ex rel. Ormet Corp. v. Indus. Comm., 54 Ohio St.3d 102, 561 N.E.2d 920 (1990). The court so held because one of the…