State Ex Rel. Guthrie v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Appellant, Pamela Guthrie, filed an application for permanent total disability (“PTD”). The Industrial Commission of Ohio, appellee, found that Guthrie was capable of sedentary sustained remunerative employment and denied her request for PTD. Guthrie filed a complaint in mandamus in the Franklin County Court of Appeals, alleging that the commission had abused its discretion. The court of appeals denied Guthrie’s mandamus action. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Facts

{¶ 2} Guthrie has several work-related knee conditions that have left her with a 20 percent permanent partial…