STATE EX REL. BRINKMAN v. INDUS. COMM.

No. 97-2142.

87 Ohio St.3d 171 (1999)

THE STATE EX REL. BRINKMAN, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean G. Reinhard Co., L.P.A., and Charles Zamora, for appellant.

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Dennis L. Hufstader, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission.

Janet E. Jackson, City Attorney, and Stephanie Mitchell Hughes, Assistant City Attorney, for appellee city of Columbus.


Per Curiam.

Two periods of wage loss are at issue: October 15, 1994 through July 20, 1995, and July 21, 1995 through August 20, 1996. For the reasons to follow, the court finds that the commission abused its discretion in denying wage-loss compensation over both periods.

Despite the laudable goals of wage-loss compensation, there is a heightened potential for abuse whenever weekly compensation and wages are concurrently permitted. In response...

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