Case Name: The State, ex rel. Burnsworth, Appellant, v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1990-07-18
Citations: 52 Ohio St. 3d 259
Docket Number: No. 86-1210
Parties: The State, ex rel. Burnsworth, Appellant, v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Douglas, Wright, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 52
Pages: 259–260

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Burnsworth, Appellant, v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, Appellee.
[Cite as State, ex rel. Burnsworth, v. Indus. Comm. (1990), 52 Ohio St. 3d 259.]
(No. 86-1210
Submitted May 8, 1990
Decided July 18, 1990.)
Agee, Clymer & Morgan Co., L.P.A., and Phillip J. Fulton, for appellant.
Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, Janet E. Jackson and Jeffery W. Clark, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Temporary total disability compensation eligibility is established where a temporary injury-induced disability prevents a nonworking claimant from returning to his or her former position of employment. State, ex rel. Ramirez, v. Indus. Comm. (1982), 69 Ohio St. 2d 630, 23 O.O. 3d 518, 433 N.E. 2d 586. In the case at bar, the commission found no evidence supporting appellant's alleged temporary total disability. We agree.
Dr. Showalter's report and Dr. DiMauro's March 17,1983 and August 31, 1983 reports do not support temporary total disability since they do not state that appellant could not resume his former duties. Dr. DiMauro's January 31,1984 opinion, on the other hand, indicates that appellant could not return at that time, but does not attribute that inability to a temporary disability. Given a contemporaneous opportunity to specifically indicate a period of temporary disability, Dr. DiMauro declined to do so.
Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Sweeney, Holmes, Douglas, Wright, H. Brown and Resnick, JJ., concur.