Permanent Partial Cases: Miscellaneous
(Supreme Court)
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Ohio Supreme Court's web site. Decisions which adopt the
decision of a lower court or
Magistrate, or which decide a case based on a previous decision, are
excluded.
Because
of the different nature of temporary total and permanent partial
awards, claimant may receive overlapping temporary total and permanent
partial awards.
Vote: 6-0, 1 concurs separately
Opinion by: Per Curiam
Where
doctor's report attributed permanent partial percentage to allowed and
non-allowed conditions, but did not indicate amount attributed only to
allowed condition, report did not support a permanent partial award.
Vote: 4-3
Opinion by: Per Curiam
Injured
worker was not entitled to permanent partial compensation for partial
loss of hearing. Statute provides permanent partial compensation only
for total loss of hearing.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam
Commission is not required to explain why medical evidence it chose to rely on is more persuasive than other medical evidence.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam
Injured worker cannot receive permanent partial and permanent total for the same time periods.
Vote: 5-2
Opinion by: Per Curiam
When
injured worker's condition had apparently resolved after injury, and
injured worker was not receiving treatment due to injury, medical
report which merely indicated percentage of permanent partial
impairment without explanation of any change in condition was
not new and changed circumstances to support a new permanent
partial award.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam
All
permanent partial awards are combined in determining whether the 100%
limit for permanent partial awards has been reached, including awards
which had been made in claims which have expired.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam
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