Triff v. National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co.

Workmen's compensation was originally adopted by statute in Ohio in 1911 (102 Ohio Laws, 524), and the first constitutional provision relating thereto was ratified by the electorate in 1912; however, prior to the enactment of Section 1465-68a, General Code (109 Ohio Laws, 183), effective August 5, 1921, occupational diseases were not compensable in Ohio. By the terms of that section a schedule was adopted in which were enumerated those occupational diseases that were made compensable; but silicosis was not included therein until the amendment of 1937 (117 Ohio Laws, 268). The instant cases…