Title: State ex rel. Clark v. Indus. Comm.

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

Document:

THE STATE EX REL. CLARK, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO, 
APPELLEE. 
[Cite as State ex rel. Clark v. Indus. Comm. (1999), ___ Ohio St.3d ___.] 
Workers’ compensation — Court of appeals’ judgment reversed and writ allowed. 
(No. 97-2484 — Submitted November 10, 1998 — Decided January 20, 1999.) 
Appeal from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County, No. 96APD10-1310. 
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Elliott, Heller, Maas, Moro & Magill Co., L.P.A., and Richard L. Magill, for 
appellant. 
 
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, and Gerald H. Waterman, 
Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. 
 
Stewart Jaffy & Associates Co., L.P.A., Stewart R. Jaffy, Marc J. Jaffy and 
Lynn S. Jaffy, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers. 
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The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed.  A writ of mandamus 
directing the Industrial Commission to vacate its denial of compensation for the 
total loss of the second finger and to enter an order granting that compensation is 
allowed. 
 
MOYER, C.J., DOUGLAS, RESNICK, F.E. SWEENEY and PFEIFER, JJ., concur. 
 
COOK and LUNDBERG STRATTON, JJ., dissent. 
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LUNDBERG STRATTON, J., dissenting.  I dissent and would affirm the 
judgment of the court of appeals. 
 
COOK, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.