The Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Ford Motor Company

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether, under Ohio law, the six-year statute of limitations, governing actions upon contracts, express or implied,1 or the two-year statute of limitations, governing actions for bodily injury or injury to personal property,2 applies in an action for indemnification against an automobile manufacturer brought by an insurance company, subrogated to the rights of its insured, who was compelled to respond to third persons for personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by a defect in one of the manufacturer’s vehicles. The district…