IN RE BEVERLY HILLS FIRE LITIGATION


672 S.W.2d 922 (1984)

In re BEVERLY HILLS FIRE LITIGATION.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

May 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Louis F. Gilligan, Keating, Muething & Klekamp, Cincinnati, Ohio, William D. Hillmann, Covington, Thomas C. Spraul, Spraul & Reyering, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Charles S. Cassis, Mark R. Feather, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, for Bryant Electric Co.

Robert C. Ewald, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, for Reynolds Metal Co.

John David Cole, Cole, Harned & Broderick, Bowling Green, for South Wire Co. and Triangle PWC.

C. Alex Rose, Handmaker, Weber, Meyer & Rose, Louisville, for Pass & Seymour, Inc.

William V. Johnson, Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Chicago, Ill., for Marmon Group.

W. Andrew Patton, Roger Healey, Kohnen & Kohnen, Cincinnati, Ohio, for John I. Pauling, Inc.

Lee O. Fitch, Miller, Searl & Fitch, Ports-mouth, Ohio, for Hatfield Wire & Cable Co.

William T. McCracken, Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt, Columbus, Ohio, for General Electric Co.

Jacob K. Stein, Bruce M. Allman, Paxton & Seasongood, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Slater Electric Company, Inc. and Square D.

James M. Wiles, Wiles, Doucher, Tressler & Van Buren Co., L.P.A., Columbus, Ohio, for Leviton Manufacturing Co. and Rhode Island Insulated Wire Co.

Donald L. Stepner, Adams, Brooking & Stepner, Covington, for Columbia Cable & Wire Co.


CERTIFICATION OF THE LAW

LEIBSON, Justice.

The Hon. Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr., Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, has certified to us for decision a question of Kentucky law as it applies to the above-styled litigation. The question as stated by the United States District Court is:

"Is KRS 413.135 unconstitutional as applied to facts of this case by virtue of Kentucky Constitution §§ 14, 54 and/or 241?" Memorandum...

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