New York Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Huttig Building Indemnification Suit

NEW YORK - A state court judge has refused to dismiss an indemnification lawsuit filed by Huttig Building Products against a British-based company from which it acquired some asbestos liability when Huttig bought one of the company's subsidiaries several years ago. Huttig Building Products, Inc. v. The Rugby Group Ltd., No. 601515/2002 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York Cty.).

New York County Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn ruled that the forum selection clause appearing in a share exchange agreement between the two doesn't apply to claims pertaining to a subsidiary not party to the agreement. The clause required that all contractual …