Duncan v. Ohio Blow Pipe Co.

Timothy E. McMonagle, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Larry K. Duncan, appeals the decision of the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court granting a directed verdict in favor of defendants-appellees Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and the Industrial Commission of Ohio (collectively referred to as the “Industrial Commission”) on the basis that appellant’s injuries were not sustained in the course and scope of his employment with Ohio Blow Pipe Company (“OBP”). 1 For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

On March 13, 1996, appellant, a welder employed by OBP, was in California at the direction…