State ex rel. Camp v. Ferrellgas Inc.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 464

Syllabus

Relator's request for a writ of mandamus ordering the Industrial Commission of Ohio to vacate its order denying relator's request for temporary total disability (\TTD\) compensation and ordering the commission to issue an order granting him TTD compensation is denied. The commission objected to a magistrate's decision that recommended granting the requested writ, arguing that the magistrate erred by recommending a full writ of mandamus instead of a limited writ with a remand to the commission for the commission to analyze whether relator was not working as a direct result of psychological conditions allowed in his workers' compensation claim. Because the magistrate relied on this court's discussion of R.C. 4123.56(F) in State ex rel. AutoZone Stores, Inc. v. Indus. Comm., 2023-Ohio-633 (10th Dist.), which the Supreme Court of Ohio has since reversed, the court does not adopt the magistrate's conclusions of law. Based on the Supreme Court's decision in State ex rel. AutoZone Stores, Inc. v. Indus. Comm., 2024-Ohio-5519, relator is not entitled to TTD compensation because, when his psychological conditions rendered him unable to work, relator was not working as the direct result of reasons unrelated to his industrial injury. Commission's objection is moot, and writ of mandamus is denied.