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Case Briefs

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
September 28, 2010

Ohio Supreme Court Reaffirms 'All Sums'

In Pennsylvania General Insurance Company v. Park-Ohio Industries, 2010 Ohio 2745 (June 22, 2010), the Ohio Supreme Court clarified four issues of Ohio law: 1) when is notice to a non-targeted insurer reasonably timely; 2) when is an insurer prejudiced by the timing of notice; 3) does a policyholder have a duty to cooperate with a targeted insurer if that insurer wishes to pursue contribution from other insurers that may also face liability for a given claim; and 4) does Ohio still employ the “all sums” rule that the court had endorsed eight years earlier?

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