State ex rel. McCord v. Indus. Comm.

2000 Ohio 487, 89 Ohio St. 3d 575

Opinion

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 89 Ohio St.3d 575.]

THE STATE EX REL. MCCORD, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES. [Cite as State ex rel. McCord v. Indus. Comm., 2000-Ohio-487.] Workers’ compensation—Court of appeals’ judgment reversed on authority of State ex rel. Baker v. Indus. Comm.—Writ of mandamus allowed. (No. 00-674—Submitted July 25, 2000—Decided September 6, 2000.) APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 99AP-454. __________________ Thompson, Meier & Dersom and Thomas D. Thompson, for appellant. Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Sandee E. Blabolil, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio. Eastman & Smith, Ltd., Thomas A. Dixon and Margaret A. Mattimoe, for appellee John Cheeseman Trucking, Inc. __________________ {¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeal is reversed on the authority of State ex rel. Baker v. Indus. Comm. (2000), 89 Ohio St.3d 376, 732 N.E.2d 355. {¶ 2} The writ of mandamus compelling the Industrial Commission of Ohio to award appellant temporary total disability compensation benefits is allowed. MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY, PFEIFER, COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., concur. __________________