A.O. SMITH CORP. v. AMERICAN ALTERN. INS.

No. 2000-C-2485.

778 So.2d 615 (2000)

A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, et al. v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Goodman, Earl S. Eichin, Jr., Lemele & Kelleher, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, and John R. Ferguson, Ky E. Kirby, Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Counsel for Defendants-Relators.

Scott S. Partridge, Michael R. Phillips, Kerry J. Miller, Monique G. Morial, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, L.C., New Orleans, LA, and Thomas E. Birsic, John M. Sylvester, John T. Waldron, III, Fitzpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Plaintiffs-Respondents.

Court composed of Judge MURRAY, Judge BAGNERIS, and Judge TOBIAS.


TOBIAS, Judge.

A.O. Smith Corporation, American Water Heater Company, Bradford White Corporation, Lochinvar Corporation, Rheem Manufacturing Company, and State Industries, Inc. (collectively, the "Tank Manufacturers") were assigned the claims of water heater owners against Perfection Corporation ("Perfection") by virtue of a class action1 settlement in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The water heater...

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