State ex Rel. Pearson v. Indus. Comm

Full title: THE STATE EX REL. PEARSON, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET…

Court: Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Jun 17, 1998

694 N.E.2d 965 (Ohio 1998)

694 N.E.2d 965

Opinion

No. 95-2140

Submitted May 12, 1998 —

Decided June 17, 1998.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 94APD08-1240.

Kondritzer, Gold, Frank Crowley Co., L.P.A., and Lane N. Cohen, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and William D. Haders, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.

MOYER, C.J., PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur.

DOUGLAS, RESNICK and F.E. SWEENEY, JJ., dissent.

ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J., dissenting.

I would reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and grant relief consistent with State ex rel. Gay v. Mihm (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 315, 626 N.E.2d 666, by ordering the Industrial Commission to allow compensation for permanent total disability.

DOUGLAS and F.E. SWEENEY, JJ., concur in the foregoing dissenting opinion.