Shrock v. Copperweld Steel Co.

Robert A. Nader, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, James Conrad, Administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, appeals from a jury verdict in the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas, permitting appellee, Ray Shrock, to participate in the Ohio workers’ compensation system for the condition of asbestosis. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

{¶ 2} Appellee worked at Copperweld Steel (“Copperweld”) in Warren, Ohio, from 1964 to 2000. During appellee’s tenure at Copperweld, he was allegedly occupationally exposed to asbestos on a regular basis. Asbestosis…