Neal v. A-Best Products Co.

Ohio Supreme Court December 12, 2007

Neal v. A-Best Products Co., 116 Ohio St. 3d 299 (Ohio 2007)

878 N.E.2d 637

Connor, Cupp, Donnell, Lanzinger, Moyer, Pfeifer, Stratton

Opinion of the Court

{¶ 1} The discretionary appeal is accepted and the certified question is recognized.

{¶ 2} The certified question is answered by our opinion in In re Special Docket No. 73958, 115 Ohio St.3d 425, 2007-Ohio-5268, 875 N.E.2d 596. The judgment of the court of appeals dismissing appellants’ appeal is reversed on the authority of In re Special Docket No. 73958, and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals for review of appellants’ assignments of error.

Moyer, C.J., and Pfeifer, Lundberg Stratton, O’Connor, O’Donnell, Lanzinger, and Cupp, JJ., concur. Sutter, O’Connell & Farchione, Matthew C. O’Connell, and Victoria D. Barto, for appellants Anchor Packing Co., Garlock Sealing Technologies L.L.C., Inc., and Riley Stoker Corp. Roetzel & Andress, Susan Squire Box, and Brad A. Rimmel, for appellant Mobil Corp. Tucker, Ellis & West, L.L.P., Joseph J. Morford, Jeffrey A. Healy, and John P. Patterson, for appellant A.W. Chesterton Co. Blank Rome, L.L.P., Michael L. Cioffi, and William M. Huse, for appellant Honeywell International, Inc. Tucker, Ellis & West, L.L.P., and Henry Billingsley, for appellants BOC Group, Inc., f.k.a. Aireo, Inc., Hobart Brothers Co., and Lincoln Electric Co. McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A., and David A. Schaefer, for appellant Rapid American Corp. Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Bruce P. Mandel, and Kurt S. Siegfried, for appellant Ohio Valley Insulating Co., Inc. David L. Day, for appellant John Crane, Inc. Oldham & Dowling, Reginald S. Kramer, and Terri L. Nass, for appellants General Electric Co. and CBS Corp./Viacom, Inc./Westinghouse. Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., and Wade A. Mitchell, for appellants McGraw Construction Co. and McGraw/Kokosing, Inc. Eagen & Wycoff Co., L.P.A., Thomas L. Eagen Jr., and Christine Carey Steele, for appellant Mallinckrodt Group, Inc., f.k.a. International Minerals & Chemical Corp. Ulmer & Berne, L.L.P., Timothy M. Fox, Charles R. Janes, James N. Kline, Kurt S. Siegfried, Robert E. Zulandt III, and Sally A. Jamieson, for appellant Georgia-Pacific, L.L.C., f.k.a. Georgia-Pacific Corp. Ralph J. Palmisano, Nicholas L. Evenchan, and Jeffrey J. Manning, for appellant Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. Bunda, Stutz & DeWitt, L.L.P., and Rebecca C. Sechrist, for appellant Owens-Illinois, Inc.

Reference

Full Case Name: Neal v. A-Best Products Company
Status: Published