PILKINGTON N. AM. v. TRAVELERS

No. 2005-0378.

112 Ohio St.3d 482 (2006)

2006-Ohio-6551

PILKINGTON NORTH AMERICA, INC. v. TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connelly, Jackson & Collier, L.L.P., Steven R. Smith, and Tammy Geiger Lavalette; Covington & Burling, Mitchell F. Dolin, Seth A. Tucker, and Ann-Kelley Kemper, for petitioner.

Amelia A. Bower; Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., Kenneth C. Newa, and Mary Massaron Ross; Manahan, Pietrykowski, Bamman & Delaney and Stephen E. House, for respondent Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Gary L. Justice, and Andrew Z. Edelstein; Hahn Loeser & Parks, L.L.P., and Arthur M. Kaufman, for respondent Travelers Casualty & Surety Company.

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, L.L.P., Thomas E. Bisric, and James E. Scheuermann; Cooper & Walinski, L.P.A., Joseph P. Thacker, and John K. Nelson, for respondents Aeroquip-Vickers, Inc. and Eaton Corporation.

McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A., David A. Schaefer, and Charles P. Royer; White & Williams, L.L.P., Patricia B. Santelle, Peter Rosenthal, and Joseph M. Kuffler, for respondents OneBeacon America Insurance Company and Northern Assurance Company of America, Inc.

Goodman Weiss Miller, L.L.P., Drew A. Carson, and Sarah H. Kostura, in support of petitioner for amicus curiae, United Policyholders.

Allen, Kuehnle & Stovall, L.L.P., Lisa L. Norris, and Thomas R. Allen; Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Laura A. Foggan, and Alicia C. Ritter, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.


O'CONNOR, J.

{¶ 1} Pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. XVIII(6), we accepted three questions of state law certified by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division:

{¶ 2} 1. "Whether the demand by Pilkington North America for defense and indemnification, as asserted in this case, constitutes a chose in action, as that term is defined...

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