Craddock v. Eagle Picher Industries, Inc.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lake County, wherein the court granted appellee’s (Eagle Picher’s) motion for summary judgment which denied appellant’s (Craddock’s) claim for workers’ compensation benefits. We reverse.

Paul W. Craddock developed a lung disability in August 1974, and left work as a result. Cancer was discovered in Crad-dock’s left lung in August 1977, and the lung was removed. Craddock filed a claim for compensation on September 14,1978.

The assignment of error is as follows:

“The trial court erred to the prejudice of Plaintiff-Appellant in…