Sicklesmith v. Chester Hoist

Donofrio, Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendants-appellants, Chester Hoist and J. Robert Burkey, appeal from a Columbiana County Common Pleas Court judgment in favor of plaintiffappellee, Clarence Sicklesmith, on appellee’s claim for disability discrimination. The judgment followed a jury trial.

{¶ 2} Chester Hoist is a hoist manufacturer and a division of Columbus McKinnon Corporation. Burkey is Chester Hoist’s general manager.

{¶ 3} Appellee began his employment with Chester Hoist’s predecessor in 1979. He worked first as a laborer and then as an inspector. His job as an inspector required him to be on his…