State ex rel. Bailey v. Industrial Commission

The question presented in this appeal is whether the court of appeals erred by granting a writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission to conduct a hearing on appellee’s application for an additional award for a specific safety requirement violation. On an appeal as a matter of right from a judgment of the court of appeals in an action for an extraordinary writ, we must review the judgment as if the action had been originally filed with this court. State, ex rel. Halloran, v. Zapatony (1984), 15 Ohio St. 3d 73, at fn. 2. The standard for review of an action in mandamus is…