Boyd v. Lincoln Electric Co.

Colleen Conway Cooney, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Joseph Boyd appeals the trial court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees, Lincoln Electric Co., Air-co/BOC, the ESAB Group, Inc., Hobart Brothers Co., and Deloro Stellite, L.P. Finding some merit to the appeal, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

{¶ 2} Boyd was employed as a boilermaker welder from 1977 until 2004. During the span of his career, Boyd worked out of his union hall at jobsites for several different employers. His work generally consisted of welding together tubes and panels on boilers.…