State ex rel. Mignella v. Indus. Comm. (Slip Opinion)

*846 *251 {¶ 1} Appellant, Mary Mignella, filed an application for permanent-total-disability ("PTD") benefits with appellee Industrial Commission. A staff hearing officer ("SHO") for the commission determined that the application could not be adjudicated until Mignella submitted to a second medical examination by a commission specialist. Mignella refused, reasoning that because she had already been examined once by a commission specialist, she could not be required to *252 submit to a second examination. Following Mignella's refusal, the SHO suspended her application.

{¶ 2} Mignella filed a complaint in…