State ex rel. Berry v. Indus. Comm.

Summary

The Ohio Supreme Court held that courts need not defer to the Industrial Commission’s legal interpretations of specific safety requirements, reversed the lower court’s full mandamus writ, and issued a limited writ directing the commission to resolve factual questions about whether a large excavator triggered the safety rule. The Court clarified that the commission’s factual findings are final, but its legal interpretations are not binding, and it affirmed the standard that mandamus relief requires a clear legal right and no adequate alternative remedy.