Young v. Stelter & Brinck, Ltd.

Mark P. Painter, Judge.

{¶ 1} In this employment-discrimination and retaliatory-discharge case, plaintiff-appellant, James Young, appeals the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant-appellee, Stelter & Brinck, Ltd. We affirm.

I. Employment and Injury

{¶2} Stelter is an international company that manufactures air heaters, afterburners, incinerators, and other thermal products. Due to a downturn in business, between September 2001 and September 2005, Stelter had reduced its full-time employee base from 44 to 26 people. In its appellate brief, Stelter states that between…