Cosner v. Babcock & Wilcox Co.

Baird, Judge.

This cause comes before the court upon the appeal of James P. Cosner from the judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to the appellees, Babcock & Wilcox Company (“Babcock”) and the Administrator of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Industrial Commission of Ohio. We affirm.

Cosner worked at a Babcock facility from 1941 until his retirement in 1982. Although he had regular contact with asbestos dust throughout his employment with Babcock, he retired because of an unrelated heart condition. In 1988, Cosner was diagnosed as having lung…