Industrial Commission Properly Exercised Jurisdiction Over Order Awarding PTD Benefits

An Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission properly exercised continuing jurisdiction over a staff hearing officer’s order to deny a worker’s application for permanent total disability benefits. Case: State ex rel. Moffitt v. Industrial Commission, No. 16AP-396, 08/31/2017, published. Facts: Milton Moffitt injured his back in 1997 while working for the Enterprise Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., a state fund employer. The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation accepted Moffitt’s claim for a herniated nucleus pulposus L2-3 with a bulging disc at L4-S...