AMERICAN MOTORS CORP. v. HUFFSTUTLER

No. 90-416.

61 Ohio St.3d 343 (1991)

AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES, v. HUFFSTUTLER, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rayle & Stearns and Max E. Rayle; Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt, Charles E. Brown and Steven B. Ayers; Mayer, Brown & Platt, Richard A. Salomon, Howard J. Roin, Javier H. Rubinstein and Ira J. Belcove; Yates, McLamb & Weyher and Joseph W. Yates III, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Crandall, Pheils & Wisniewski, David R. Pheils and Dale R. Crandall, for appellee and cross-appellant.

King & Spalding, Chilton Davis Varner and Sean R. Smith, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur and Thomas R. Sant; Nancy A. Nord; Bickel & Brewer, Robert P. Cummins and Donald K.S. Petersen, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Corporate Counsel Association.

John J. Curtin, Jr., Michael E. Tigar, Jerold S. Solovy and Barry Levenstam, urging reversal for amicus curiae, American Bar Association.


MILLIGAN, J.

Our attention in this case is focused primarily upon the propriety of the permanent injunction issued by the trial court. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and reinstate the permanent injunction.

Principles of attorney-client privilege are fully applicable here. Huffstutler was, at minimum, an agent acting on behalf of legal counsel to AMC. As such, Huffstutler is subject to all the legal implications of...

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