Court Sustains Assignment of Error Related to Enforcement of $9 Million CCR Settlement

CLEVELAND - An Ohio appeals court has reversed a trial court's enforcement of a more than $9 million settlement between the Center for Claims Resolution (CCR) and some 2,600 Ohio asbestos claimants, who, according to the CCR, failed to qualify their claims with documentation required under the agreement. In Re: All Kelley & Ferraro Asbestos v. Amchem Products, Inc., et al., No. 82424 (Ohio Ct. App., Eighth Dist.).

Despite saying it does not wish to 'micro-litigate' settlement agreements between the CCR and plaintiffs claiming exposure to asbestos from its members' products, the Ohio Court of Appeals on Dec. 31 sustained …