Mataraza v. City of Euclid

{¶ 54} I respectfully dissent. Although this is a tragic circumstance where a 41-year-old firefighter died at home after eight days on vacation, having served 14 years as a Euclid firefighter, both experts stated that his coronary artery disease was a preexisting condition. The aggravation of preexisting conditions is not compensable under Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Act. State ex rel. Miller v. Mead Corp. (1979), 58 Ohio St.2d 405, 12 O.O.3d 348, 390 N.E.2d 1192. “In Brody [v. Mihm (1995), 72 Ohio St.3d 81, 647 N.E.2d 778], the court specifically stated that: ‘The change in the definition…