Lainhart v. Southern Ohio Fabricators, Inc.

This cause came on to be heard upon an appeal from the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas.

Defendant-appellant, Southern Ohio Fabricators, Inc. (“defendant”) appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff-appellee, Moody Lainhart, (“plaintiff”), allowing him to participate in the Ohio workers’ compensation fund pursuant to R.C. Chapter 4123. The trial court determined that the plaintiff contracted asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during his employment with the defendant.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a welder from 1964 until October 1984. During that term, the…