Weaver v. Eaton Corp.

Eaton Corporation (hereafter referred to as "Eaton") appeals from the judgment of the trial court which granted Deborah Weaver, widow of Robert Weaver, the right to participate in the worker's compensation fund. Eaton assigns nine errors for our review, but for the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the assignments of error lack merit, and we affirm.

I

In early 1981, the decedent, who was living with his family in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, and working at Eatons' Kings Mountain facility, accepted a position as assistant controller at Eaton's Tinnerman Plant in Brook Park, Ohio. Upon…