Opinion ID: 2976166
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The third sentence of CO #9

Text: The third sentence of CO #9 expressly reserves Steel Service’s rights with regard to its Claim. It states that both parties “expressly reserve any and all rights, claims, demands, defenses, or causes of action which either may have under the Contract with regard to claims not settled by the Change Order Settlement.” (Emphasis added.) The County’s argument that CO #9 settled Steel Service’s Claim fails to give effect to this sentence, as Ohio law requires. See Abrams v. Siegel, 850 N.E.2d 99, 106 (Ohio Ct. App. 2006). The clear and plain language of sentence three reflects the parties’ understanding that CO #9 did not settle all of the then-outstanding claims.