Court Upholds Denial of Functional Loss Award for Worker's Lower Extremity

An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for the functional loss of use of her left lower extremity. Case: State ex rel. Casey v. Industrial Commission, No. 20AP-247, 02/24/2022, published. Facts and procedural history: Janet Casey worked for Wheeler Enterprises Inc. She suffered injuries in May 2003 when a large can of beans fell off a shelf and landed on her leg and foot. She filed a workers’ compensation claim, and the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation allowed it for contusions, left foot reflex sympathetic dystrophy, right leg reflex sympathetic dys...