Colfor Mfg., Inc. v. Ohio Civil Rights Comm'n

JUDGES: Hon. Gene Donofrio, Hon. Cheryl L. Waite, Hon. Carol Ann Robb

OPINION

DONOFRIO, J.

{¶ 1} Appellant, Colfor Manufacturing, Inc., appeals from a Carroll County Common Pleas Court judgment approving the final order of appellee, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, finding that Colfor engaged in disability discrimination in violation of Ohio's Civil Rights Act when it failed to make a reasonable accommodation for appellee, Jason Ott.

{¶ 2} Colfor is in the business of forging steel parts for the automotive industry. Forging involves taking pieces of steel, known as "billets," and putting them…