State ex rel. Worrell v. Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment granting a limited writ of mandamus to compel the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund and its board of trustees to issue a new decision granting or denying disability retirement benefits to the relator, identifying the evidence upon which the board relies, and providing a reasonable explanation for the decision.

{¶ 2} In August 2001, appellant, Charles Worrell Jr., applied for employment as a firefighter/medic with the Mifflin Township Fire Department. The township had Worrell undergo several medical tests as part of his preemployment physical examination.…