Showalter v. A. C. Williams Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Portage County, wherein the court sustained the motion of defendants-appellees to dismiss the complaint.

Plaintiff-appellant was employed as a foundry worker by defendant-appellee A. C. Williams Co. from September 1972 until April 1973. From April 1973 until July 1974, appellant was employed as a lathe operator by Flintkote Company. Appellant became ill and medical examinations revealed that he was afflicted with granulomas pneumoconiosis silicosis.

On June 18, 1976, appellant was examined by a physician for the Bureau of…