JRC Holdings, Inc. v. Samsel Services Co.

Colleen Mary O’Toole, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant, JRC Holdings, Inc., f.k.a. Jet Rubber Company (“JRC”), appeals the decision of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to appellee, Samsel Services Company (“Samsel”). We affirm in part and reverse in part and remand the matter for further proceedings.

{¶ 2} Since the 1950s, JRC and its predecessor, Jet Rubber Company, have owned land in Rootstown, Ohio, with a factory producing molded rubber parts. These parts are frequently glued to metal; trichloroethylene (“TCE”) is used to degrease the metal prior to gluing. Until the…