WATSON v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 50858.

30 Ohio App. 3d 201 (1987)

WATSON, APPELLEE, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, APPELLANT.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Cuyahoga County.

Decided January 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sweeney, for appellee.

Hugh M. Stanely, Jr., for appellant.


HARRIS, J.

Plaintiff-appellee, Frank Watson, was employed by the Nickel Plate Railroad between 1943 and 1957 and by Reactive Metals, Inc. from 1957 to the present. Watson alleged that, during both periods of employment, he was exposed to asbestos, which exposure. resulted in his contracting asbestosis and industrial bronchitis. In 1964, Norfolk & Western Railway Company acquired the Nickel Plate Railroad and assumed...

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