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THOMAS v. COOK DRILLING CORP.

No. 96-873.

79 Ohio St.3d 547 (1997)

THOMAS, APPELLANT, v. COOK DRILLING CORP. ET AL.; HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., and D. Arthur Rabourn, for appellant.

Earl, Warburton, Adams & Davis and Dick M. Warburton, Jr., for appellee.

PFEIFER, J.

This case is less about choice of law regarding subrogation rights than it is about how an eleventh-hour filing of a motion to intervene can affect the merit of the motion. When viewing the situation as a whole, we find that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying Hartford's motion to intervene.

Civ.R. 24(A)(2) states:

"(A) Intervention of Right. Upon timely application anyone shall be permitted to intervene in an action...

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