State Ex Rel. Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} We are asked to determine whether appellant Industrial Commission of Ohio abused its discretion by ordering self-insured appellee, Sears Roebuck & Company, to pay a medical bill submitted by appellant Timothy Mathews for a 1998 doctor’s visit. Upon review, we find that it did.

{¶ 2} Mathews was injured in an industrial accident on October 13, 1987, and a workers’ compensation claim was allowed by Sears for torn muscles in the left leg, tears of the buttocks and bladder, and internal injuries. For the next five years, Mathews had extensive medical treatment. By 1993, however, treatment…