State ex rel. AutoZone Stores, Inc. v. Indus. Comm.

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court reversed the Tenth District Court of Appeals and granted a writ of mandamus vacating the Industrial Commission's order granting temporary‑total‑disability (TTD) compensation to Jason W. Schomaker. The Court held that R.C. 4123.56(F) requires a direct causal link between the injury and the employee's inability to work, and that Schomaker's termination for unrelated reasons broke that link. The decision also clarified the plain meaning of the statute's language and affirmed that the third sentence supersedes the voluntary‑abandonment doctrine without eliminating the causation requirement.