State ex rel. Ehlinger v. Industrial Commission

Claimant seeks to compel an award of permanent total disability compensation pursuant to State ex rel. Gay v. Mihm (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 315, 626 N.E.2d 666. The commission seeks to have its order upheld as is. For the reasons to follow, we find in the commission’s favor.

Medically, the commission relied on the reports of Drs. Hutchison and Gnage. The latter assessed a twenty percent permanent partial impairment and opined that the allowed conditions would permit sedentary sustained remunerative employment. As such, any alleged deficiencies in Dr. Hutchison’s report are immaterial, since…