State Ex Rel. Rouan v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} When determining whether an employee’s retirement bars a subsequent request for temporary total disability compensation (“TTC”), two considerations predominate: (1) was the retirement precipitated by the workplace injury and (2) did the claimant remain in the work force after retiring? Appellant, Patricia Rouan, unsuccessfully sought postretirement TTC and now challenges that denial in this court.

Facts

{¶ 2} Rouan began receiving TTC in 2004 after hurting her leg at work. Several months later, she filed a disability-retirement application with the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.…