Brody v. Mihm

The issue is whether the claimant in this case has presented a compensable workers’ compensation claim for the aggravation of a nonoccupational disease. In State ex rel. Miller v. Mead Corp. (1979), 58 Ohio St.2d 405, 12 O.O.3d 348, 390 N.E.2d 1192, claimant suffered from a pre-existing hearing loss as the result of artillery fire he encountered during World War II. He filed a compensation claim alleging that loud noise in the machine room at his job had aggravated his pre-existing condition. We found first that claimant’s disability was not the result of an “injury.” In so doing, we relied…