State ex rel. Barker v. Industrial Commission
State ex rel. Barker v. Industrial Commission
Opinion of the Court
OPINION
We shall not attempt to set out all of the operative facts in this mandamus action. Suffice to say, that the prayer of the petition is to require the respondent to grant, the relator a rehearing under §1465-90 GC and/or to require it to grant relator further compensation in the maximum amount allowed by law and for any other relief to which he may be entitled.
The proof does not require that we issue an order to require the respondent to grant the relator further compensation. His claim is that he is totally .disabled as a result of an injury suffered by him and for which the respondent has made several awards.
The last order of the Commission of date August 10, 1949, isN
“It appearing that the Commission’s order of July 13, 1949,
The order to which the application for rehearing was directed is:
“It is ordered that the Commission’s order of May 12, 1949, be vacated and set aside and it is further ordered that the claimant’s application filed April 19, 1949, be denied for the reason that proof on file fails to show that claimant is permanently and totally disabled; that the proof on file further shows that claimant has a permanent partial disability equivalent to 80% of the maximum provided by law, and that he has already been awarded compensation for such disability.”
The question which concerns this court is whether the Commission should make an order respecting subject matter included in §1465-90 GC to which under the facts the relator claims he was entitled. We refer to this language in §1465-90 GC:
“The Commission shall definitely and specifically pass upon each and every issue raised in the claim, necessary for a proper and complete decision thereon. In all claims for compensation on account of injury, * * * if the Commission denies the right of the claimant * * * to continue to receive compensation the order of the Commission shall state the ground or grounds on which the claim was denied; and if the claim was deiend on any of the following grounds: * * * that the claimant, having received compensation (1) for the period of temporary total disability and (2) having received the maximum amount of compensation for temporary partial disability as provided in this act, and (3) having engaged in no gainful occupation for the period of four years prior to the decision of the Commission, during which time compensation has been payable to such claimant, (4) is not permanently and totally disabled as a result of the injury; * * *. If the order of the Commission does not state the ground or grounds on which the claim was denied, or if the order of the Industrial Commission is not definite in such regards, the claimant may maintain an action in mandamus against the Commission in the Supreme Court of Ohio,” etc.
It will be the order of this court that the Commission make a finding and order responsive to that part of §1465-90 GC which we have discussed.
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