FIRESTONE v. GALBREATH

No. 92-1925.

67 Ohio St.3d 87 (1993)

FIRESTONE ET AL. v. GALBREATH ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel I. Burstyn, for petitioners Douglas B. Firestone and Amy Firestone del Valle.

Joan E. O'Dell,1 Charles Schneider and Locke McKenzie, for petitioner Russell A. Firestone III.

Strauss & Troy and Richard S. Wayne, for petitioners Jeffrey and David Firestone.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, David J. Young, C. Craig Woods and Gary M. Simon, for respondents Bricker & Eckler, John Eckler, Estate of David C. Cummins, Charles H. Waterman III, and John W. Phillips.

Baker & Hostetler, Robert M. Kincaid, Jr. and John F. Winkler, for respondents Daniel M. Galbreath, John W. Galbreath Trust, Estate of John W. Galbreath, Estate of Dorothy B. Galbreath, Dorothy Bryan Galbreath Family Trust, Darby Dan Farm, John W. Galbreath Darby Dan Farm Trust, Joan Galbreath Phillips, James W. Phillips, Lizanne Galbreath, John W. Galbreath & Co., Inc., Galbreath-Ruffin Corp., Akron Redevelopment Corp., and Delores I. Dutoit.

Denmead & Maloney, Craig Denmead and Kevin M. Maloney, for respondent Bolon, Hart & Buehler, Inc.


With regard to certified question No. 1, the federal court order uses the language, "* * * with expectancy or inheritance * * *[.]" (Emphasis added.) The briefs of the parties present different versions of this phrase: Petitioners Jeffrey Firestone and David Firestone state, "with expectancy of inheritance * * *" (emphasis added); respondents Daniel M. Galbreath et al. use the language, "with expectancy ...

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