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Submitted September 14, 2004.
Decided December 30, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jones Day, Patrick F. McCartan, Mark Herrmann, and Mary Beth Young, Columbus, for appellants Pfizer Inc., Quigley Company, Inc., and Dana Corp.
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., David S. Cupps and Richard D. Schuster, Columbus, for appellants Amchem Products, Inc., CertainTeed Corp., Dana Corp., I.U. North America, Inc., Maremont Corp., National Service Industries, Inc., Nosroc Corp., and Union Carbide Corp.
Cooper & Walinski, L.P.A., and Richard S. Walinski, Toledo, for appellant Dana Corp.
The Zagrans Law Firm Co., L.P.A., and Eric H. Zagrans, Elyria; Marcus, Santoro & Kozac, P.C., Frank J. Santoro, Karen M. Crowley, and John M. Ryan Jr., Chesapeake, VA, for appellant C.E. Thurston & Sons, Inc.
Kelley & Ferraro, L.L.P., Michael V. Kelley and Thomas M. Wilson; Hahn Loeser & Parks, L.L.P., Robert J. Fogarty, Andrew S. Pollis, and Yuri R. Linetsky, Cleveland, for appellees.
Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Anne Marie Sferra, and Vladimir P. Belo, Columbus, urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio Manufacturers' Association, Ohio Chapter of National Federation of Independent Business, and Ohio Chemistry Technology Council.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
O'DONNELL, J.
{¶ 1} Two issues are presented for consideration in connection with this appeal, which concerns the resolution of some 15,000 asbestos-related claims settled for approximately $120 million between the law firm of Kelley & Ferraro, L.L.P., and the Center for Claims Resolution ("CCR") as agent for 19 member companies: first, regarding the nature of the liability incurred by the members...
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