Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Tort Claims by Workers Injured in Boiler Explosion

An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of the civil claims filed by two workers injured in a boiler explosion, since they were unable to provide evidence suggesting that one of the defendants had installed the jumper wire that had caused the blast. Case: Heiert v. Crossroads Community Church Inc., Nos. C-200244 and C-200391, 05/12/2021, published. Facts: John Heiert and Robert Coakley worked for Blau Mechanical. In January 2016, Blau sent them to the Crossroads Westside campus to work on a boiler. While they were working, the boiler exploded. The undisputed cause of ...