Johnston v. Case Western Reserve University

Timothy E. McMonagle, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Douglas W. Johnston, appeals the judgment of the Cuya-hoga County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Case Western Reserve University (“CWRU”). The effect of the trial court judgment was to affirm the decision of the Industrial Commission of Ohio denying appellant’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits for the tragic death of his wife, Martha Johnston (“decedent”), on October 8, 1992.

At the time of the accident, decedent was an employee of appellee’s Division of Clinical Pharmacology,…