MASCO CORP. v. ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO.

No. 03-3071.

382 F.3d 624 (2004)

MASCO CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Near North Insurance Agency, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed August 31, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Hinkhouse (argued), Damon N. Vocke (briefed), Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Hugh D. Berkson (briefed), Hermann, Cahn & Schneider, Cleveland, OH, for Appellant.

Marc A. Sanchez, Frantz Ward (argued and briefed), Cleveland, OH, for Appellee.

Before MARTIN and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; BELL, Chief District Judge.


ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

The district court in this case refused to give effect to a broad arbitration clause in an insurance policy, where the underlying dispute between the parties revolved around policy coverage that neither party intended, but that was imposed on the contract by law as determined by subsequent Ohio Supreme Court opinions. Because the dispute nonetheless falls within the ambit of the arbitration agreement, we reverse.

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