Bertoch v. NBD CORP.

BOEHM, Justice.

Larry Bertoch suffered a fatal heart attack while working as a security guard in a building where a fire had occurred. We hold that his death is compensable under the Indiana Worker's Compensation Act.

Factual and Procedural Background

On February 1, 1994, while responding to a fire alarm at the NBD building, members of the Gary Fire Department found Larry Bertoch's body on the landing between the tenth and eleventh floors. According to the Fire Department report the fire department found evidence on the twelfth floor of a fire in the elevator-switching panel that had…