State ex rel. St. Marys Foundry Co. v. Industrial Commission

Appellant insists that the commission has a duty to specify in its orders its reasons for assessing VSSR awards at one percentage rate or another. The court of appeals disagreed, citing as dispositive this passage from State ex rel. Jeep Corp. v. Indus. Comm. (1989), 42 Ohio St.3d 83, 85-86, 537 N.E.2d 215, 218:

“Upon determining that a specific safety requirement has been violated, the commission must next award to the claimant an amount between fifteen and fifty percent, inclusive, of the ‘maximum award established by law.’ Section 35, Article II, Ohio Constitution; State ex rel. Engle v.…