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STATE EX REL. v. INDUS. COMM.

No. 2005-1121.

112 Ohio St.3d 27 (2006)

2006-Ohio-6364.

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

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stocker Pitts Co., L.P.A., M. Scott Kidd, and Thomas R. Pitts, for appellant.

Jim Petro, Attorney General, and William J. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission.

Philip J. Fulton Law Office, Philip J. Fulton, and William A. Thorman III, urging reversal for amicus curiae Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Garvin & Hickey, L.L.C., Preston J. Garvin, and Michael J. Hickey, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Chamber of Commerce.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., and Thomas R. Sant, urging affirmance for amici curiae Ohio Chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business and Ohio Manufacturers' Association.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Robert A. Minor, and Robin Obetz, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Self-Insurers' Association.

MOYER, C.J.

{¶ 1} William Moorehead fell approximately 15 to 20 feet head first onto a concrete floor while working on a raised platform at his job site. Upon impact he suffered severe spinal cord and other injuries. Unrebutted evidence established that the spinal cord injury rendered him a quadriplegic.1 William never regained consciousness and died 90 minutes after the fall.

{¶ 2}

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