State ex rel. General American Transportation Corp. v. Industrial Commission

We are again asked to review the commission’s order for “some evidence” supporting its award of temporary total disability compensation. For the following reasons, however, we find that evidentiary review cannot proceed at this time.

First, the commission failed to address the key question before it. Temporary-total-compensation eligibility is established where a claimant’s allowed conditions cause a temporary disability that prevents a return to his former position of employment. State, ex rel. Ramirez, v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 630, 23 O.O. 3d 518, 433 N.E. 2d 586. In the…