An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who retained the capacity for sedentary employment.
Case: State ex rel. Mignella v. Industrial Commission, No. 22AP-155, 11/09/2023, published.
Facts: Mary Mignella worked for the Warren City School District Board of Education. She suffered multiple injuries in a workplace fall in March 2011.
Chiropractor Denise M. Carradine examined Mignella in December 2014 and opined that she had a 69% permanent physical impairment of the body as a whole, leaving her unable to work.
Dr. Karen Gade-Pulido examined...
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