State Ex Rel. Nissin Brake Ohio, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} At issue is appellant Carolyn Stevens’s eligibility for permanent total disability compensation. Stevens was industrially injured in 1998, and her workers’ compensation claim includes several significant low-back conditions. In 2006, Stevens began to experience shortness of breath and bilateral lower-extremity edema that are not related to her industrial injury.

{¶ 2} In 2008, appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio awarded Stevens permanent total disability compensation based on three documents. The first was the December 29, 2006 report of Dr. David A. Ware. He prohibited Stevens from…