BURKHART, APPELLEE,
v.
H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, APPELLANT, ET AL.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted February 25, 2014.
Decided September 3, 2014.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Bevan & Associates, L.P.A., Inc., Thomas W. Bevan, David S. Bates, and Joshua P. Grunda, for appellee.
Seeley, Savidge, Ebert & Gourash Co., L.P.A., Keith A. Savidge, Andrew D. Bemer, and Eric D. Baker, for appellant.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, L.L.P., Richard D. Schuster, Daniel E. Shuey, and Damien C. Kitte, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Manufacturers' Association.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'DONNELL, J.
{¶ 1} In this appeal, we are asked to clarify whether former testimony given by the claimant in a products liability lawsuit against asbestos manufacturers is admissible in a workers' compensation lawsuit against the claimant's employer alleging workplace exposure to asbestos.
{¶ 2} Donald Burkhart worked for H.J. Heinz Company, developed mesothelioma, and subsequently died. He had given deposition...
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