State Ex Rel. Supreme Bumpers, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Franklin Robinson worked as a polisher for appellant Supreme Bumpers, Inc., intermittently from 1964 to 1980 and consistently from 1981 through 1996. As a polisher, Robinson was required to use a large polishing wheel to strip off the outer layer of chrome from old car bumpers and then buff and polish the underlying nickel base before the bumpers were replated.

{¶ 2} Robinson was forced to quit his job in late 1996, after being diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the left maxillary sinus. He underwent radical maxillectomy followed by radiation and chemotherapy, but the cancer…