Dillow v. Young

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County entered upon a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff-appellant’s case. The action is one to determine plaintiff’s right to participate under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The petition alleges that plaintiff was an employee of the appellee Mercy Hospital. The claim is that plaintiff inhaled noxious fumes from a disinfectant, and that this caused injury to her heart and lungs. The petition specifically alleges that the injury was an aggravation of a pre-existing condition of chronic pulmonary emphysema and…