State ex rel. Pierce v. Indus. Comm

In State ex rel. Pierce v. Indus. Comm. (1997), 77 Ohio St.3d 275, 1997 Ohio 41, 673 N.E.2d 1304, the claimant had a tenth grade education and had worked as a foreman iron worker and a journeyman iron worker. The commission determined that the claimant possessed skills which would transfer to similar or lighter-duty employment and that he should be able to obtain following participation in a reconditioning or work hardening program. Upon review, the court criticized the commission's failure to identify those alleged transferable skills. However, in Pierce, the court did state that, depending on the claimant's background, the identity of the transferable skills can be self-evident.