Settlement Agreement Language Compels Arbitration of CCR Payment Dispute, Court Holds

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - A state appeals court has affirmed a decision ordering a plaintiff and former member of the Center for Claims Resolution to arbitrate a dispute over the CCR member's failure to make payment on the settlement of the plaintiff's asbestos claim. Besece v. Armstrong World Industries, et al., No. 03-JE-8 (Ohio Ct. App., Jefferson Cty.).

In an opinion issued June 30, the Seventh District Ohio Court of Appeals held that the trial court did not err when it denied plaintiff Theresa Besece's motion to enforce a settlement reached with CCR member Armstrong World Industries. The appeals court noted …