State Ex Rel. Hamilton v. Industrial Commission

Relator filed an action in mandamus in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County seeking to require respondent to hear and determine, on the merits, his claim for compensation resulting from the occupational disease silicosis sustained in and arising out of his employment with Armco Steel Corporation, a self-insuring employer.

Several demurrers were filed addressed to the petition, which were overruled. An answer was then filed by respondent, which admitted the basic operative facts involved and reiterated the legal argument upon which the previously overruled demurrers had been based.…