Multiple Plaintiffs Cannot Join Asbestosis Appeal, Ohio Court Holds

CANTON, Ohio - Multiple claimants cannot file a workers' compensation appeal under the same case number, an Ohio appeals court has ruled in its decision affirming dismissal of three asbestosis claims filed against the Ford Motor Co. Hazuka v. The Ford Motor Co., No. 2002CA00210 (Ohio App. Ct., Fifth Dist.).

In separate decisions filed Jan. 21 in the Fifth District Ohio Court of Appeals, the court held that state law requires that each claimant file his own appeal. The Ford workers, who have been diagnosed with asbestosis as a result of their exposure to asbestos at their work site sought …