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NATL. UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA v. WUERTH

No. 2008-1334.

122 Ohio St.3d 594 (2009)

2009-Ohio-3601

NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA v. WUERTH et al.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keating, Muething & Klekamp, P.L.L., Joseph M. Callow Jr., Danielle M. D'Addesa, and Charles M. Miller, for petitioner.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, L.L.P., Lawrence D. Walker, and Benjamin J. Parsons, for respondents.

O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has certified one question of state law for our resolution: "Under Ohio law, can a legal malpractice claim be maintained directly against a law firm when all of the relevant principals and employees have either been dismissed from the lawsuit or were never sued in the first instance?"

{¶ 2} We answer the certified question in the negative and hold...

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