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Impairment
of Earning Capacity Cases: Desire to Earn
(Supreme
Court)
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| Backus,
State ex rel. v. Indus. Comm.
(4/11/01) |
| Impairment of earning capacity
award properly denied where worker capable of other employment and lack
of earnings due to lack of interest in other employment. |
Vote: 6-1
Opinion by: Per Curiam |
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| Garon,
State ex rel. v. University
Hosp. (4/5/00) |
| Court holds that injured
worker failed to establish right to impairment of earnings capacity
compensation because injured worker did not show required desire to
work during the period for which the compensation was sought. |
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam |
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| Matheney,
State ex rel. v. Cent.
Ohio Coal Co. (2/23/00) |
| Court holds that injured
worker failed to establish right to impairment of earnings capacity
compensation because injured worker did not show required desire to
work during the period for which the compensation was sought. |
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam |
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| Shotts,
State ex rel. v. Austin
Powder Co. (2/10/99) |
| Commission properly denied
impairment of earnings capacity benefits: there was evidence supported
commission finding that there was no "causal relationship" between
injury and impairment of earning capacity, and evidence supported
finding that injured worker did not have desire to earn required for
the impairment of earning capacity award. |
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam |
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