OLYMPIC HOLDING CO., L.L.C. v. ACE LTD.

No. 2008-0200.

122 Ohio St.3d 89 (2009)

2009-Ohio-2057

OLYMPIC HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C., ET AL., Appellees, v. ACE LIMITED ET AL.; ACE CAPITAL TITLE REINSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carpenter, Lipps, & Leland, L.L.P., Michael H. Carpenter, Jeffrey A. Lipps, and Katheryn M. Lloyd, for appellee.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., Kathleen M. Trafford, James D. Curphey, Jay A. Yurkiw, and L. Bradfield Hughes; and Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch, L.L.P., Fredrick R. Kessler, and William A. Maher, for appellant.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Kurtis A. Tunnell, Anne Marie Sferra, and Vladimair P. Belo, urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio Manufacturers Association and Ohio Chemistry Technology Counsel.


LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} The primary question before the court is whether the breach of a promise to execute an agreement justifies using promissory estoppel to remove the agreement from the statute of frauds. Ancillary to this question is whether a joint agreement can impose fiduciary duties absent compliance with the statute of frauds. We answer both questions...

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