STATE EX REL. ERIEVIEW METAL TREATING CO. v. INDUS. COMM.

No. 2005-0733.

109 Ohio St.3d 147 (2006)

2006-Ohio-2036

[THE STATE EX REL.] ERIEVIEW METAL TREATING COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 10, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., L.P.A., John F. Burke III, and Amy L. Phillips, for appellant.

Jim Petro, Attorney General, and William J. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee Industrial Commission.

Charles J. Gallo Co., L.P.A., and Charles J. Gallo Jr.; Paul W. Flowers Co., L.P.A., and Paul W. Flowers, for appellee Michael Yakopovich Sr.


Per Curiam.

{¶ 1} Michael T. Yakopovich Sr. worked for appellant, Erieview Metal Treating Company, during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. On the job, he was exposed to chemical and paint fumes. In 1986, Yakopovich developed wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath while working for Erieview. Occupational asthma was diagnosed, and a workers' compensation claim was allowed for that...

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