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STATE EX REL. BAKER v. COAST TO COAST MANPOWER, L.L.C.

No. 2010-0211.

129 Ohio St.3d 138 (2011)

2011-Ohio-2721

THE STATE EX REL. BAKER, Appellant, v. COAST TO COAST MANPOWER, L.L.C., Appellee; INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer Co., L.P.A., and Theodore A. Bowman , for appellant Baker.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, and Colleen C. Erdman , Assistant Attorney General, for appellant Industrial Commission of Ohio.

Reminger Co., L.P.A., Amy S. Thomas , and Mick Proxmire , for appellee.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

{¶ 1} Today, we are asked to determine whether the surgical removal of the lens of an eye in the course of treatment for a workplace injury entitles the injured worker to compensation pursuant to R.C. 4123.57(B) for a total loss of sight.

{¶ 2} We decline to adopt a bright-line rule that a claimant is entitled to an award for a total loss of vision under R.C. 4123.57(B) any time the natural lens or...

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