No PTD Award for Severely Injured Worker Who Abandoned Job Market

An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits to an injured worker based on his abandonment of the workforce. Case: State ex rel. Bonnlander v. Hamon, No. 18AP-501, 09/24/2019, published. Facts: Timothy Bonnlander suffered severe injuries in a car accident in October 1992. He received temporary total disability compensation until he was able to return to work as a mail carrier in 2000. He continued to work for the Postal Service until 2009, then began collecting TTD benefits once more. Procedural history: In February 2014, Bonnlander filed an application for...