R.W. Beckett Corporation v. Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION R.W. BECKETT CORP., ) Case No. 1:19-CV-428 ) Plaintiff, ) ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE v. ) THOMAS M. PARKER ) ALLIANZ GLOBAL CORP. ) & SPEC. SE, et al., ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) AND ORDER Defendants. ) Plaintiff, R.W. Beckett Corporation (“Beckett”) was a defendant in numerous cases alleging harm from exposure to asbestos in gaskets that Beckett had used in oil burners that it produced between 1960 and 1986. From 1998 through 2014, Beckett funded its own litigation through a claims service contract with Continental Insurance…