State ex rel. Johnson v. Industrial Commission

In determining whether to award permanent total disability compensation, the commission must consider every allowed condition. State, ex rel. Rouch, v. Eagle Tool & Machine Co. (1986), 26 Ohio St. 3d 197, 26 OBR 289, 498 N.E. 2d 464, validated commission consideration of medical reports which evaluated only one of several conditions, so long as the report acknowledged the existence of the others. State, ex rel. Burley, v. Coil Packing, Inc. (1987), 31 Ohio St. 3d 18, 31 OBR 70, 508 N.E. 2d 936, went further by abandoning the combined-effects evidentiary standard, holding that a commission…