Appeals Court Reverses Enforcement of Settlement Against CCR Defendants

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - A dispute over a bankrupt defendant's unpaid portion of a settlement with the Center for Claims Resolution should not have been decided by a trial court judge in favor of the plaintiffs, but rather belongs in arbitration under the terms of the settlement agreement, a state appeals court has ruled. Cales, et al. v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc., et al., No. 02CA2851 (Ohio Ct. App., Fourth Dist.)

The Fourth District Ohio Court of Appeals said in an opinion reversing the trial court on March 28 that the settlement agreement between the asbestos plaintiffs and CCR members made …