State ex rel. Sellards v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Temporary total disability compensation is prohibited after a claimant’s condition has reached maximum medical improvement. R.C. 4123.56(A). Although one doctor assessed appellant, William E. Sellards Jr., as having reached maximum medical improvement, another physician’s plan for further treatment was approved by the Industrial Commission the same day as the assessment. We must determine whether the opinion regarding maximum medical treatment is invalidated due to the physician’s lack of awareness of the approved plan. We hold that it is.

{¶ 2} Sellards injured his back in an industrial…