State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Industrial Commission

This is an original action in which relator seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Industrial Commission to find him permanently and totally disabled, and to grant him the workers’ compensation benefits to which he would thereby be entitled.

Relator’s claim for an industrial injury to his back was allowed in 1968, and, in 1974, his claim for silicosis was allowed. In 1978, he filed a motion seeking compensation for permanent and total disability as the result of the combined effect of the two conditions.

This mandamus action is the result of the commission having denied the motion “based on the…