WHIPKEY v. AQUA-CHEM, INC.

No. 88240.

2009 Ohio 3369

William Whipkey, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Aqua-Chem, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED: July 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Squire Box, Brad A. Rimmel, Nathan F. Studeny, Roetzel & Andress, 222 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308, for General Motors Corp, et al. L. John Argento, John W. Bruni, Stephen R. Mlinac, Anne L. Wilcox, Swartz Campbell LLC, 4750 U.S. Steel Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, for Cooper Industries, Inc. Victoria D. Barto, Christina Tuggey Hidek, Matthew C. O'Connell, Douglas R. Simek, Sutter, O'Connell & Farchione Co. LPA, 3600 Erieview Tower, 1301 East 9th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, for Garlock Sealing Technologies, Attorneys for Appellants.

Mary Brigid Sweeney, Christopher J. Hickey, Brent Coon & Associates, Suite 303, 1220 West Sixth Street, Cleveland Ohio 44113, Attorneys for Appellees.

Before: Jones, J., Cooney, A.J., and Celebrezze, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

LARRY A. JONES, J.:

{¶ 1} Defendants-appellants General Motors Corporation ("GM") and Garlock Sealing Technologies ("Garlock") (jointly "appellants") appeal the judgment of the lower court finding that R.C. 2307.93 (Am. Sub. H.B. 292 ("H.B. 292")) cannot be retroactively applied to the lawsuit filed by plaintiffs-appellees, William and Marilyn Whipkey.1 Having reviewed the arguments...

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