State ex rel. Pierron v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} At issue is appellant Richard Pierron’s eligibility for temporary total disability compensation. Pierron was seriously injured in 1973 while working as a telephone lineman for appellee Sprint/United Telephone Company.

{¶ 2} After Pierron’s injury, his doctor imposed medical restrictions that were incompatible with his former position of employment as a lineman. Sprint/United offered Pierron a light-duty warehouse job consistent with those restrictions, and Pierron continued to work in that position for the next 23 years.

{¶ 3} In 1997, Sprint/United informed Pierron that his light-duty…