OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. ET AL.
v.
WILLIAM ZENOBIA, SR. ET AL.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 14, 1992.
Reconsideration Denied March 11, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gardner M. Duvall (Harry S. Johnson, Patrick C. Smith, John G. Billmyre, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on brief, C. Robert Loskot (John G. Sakellaris, Bernstein, Sakellaris, & Ward, on brief), Baltimore, John J. Nagle, III, Margaret E. Swain, Barbara M. Gaughan, Power & Mosner, P.A., on brief), Towson, for petitioners/cross respondents.
Thomas V. Monahan, Jr., Toni-Jean Lisa, Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Gray of Baltimore, amicus for Maryland Ass'n of Defense Trial Counsel.
Gary I. Strausberg, Janet & Strausberg, Paul B. Bekman, Israelson, Salisbury, Clements & Bekman, Baltimore, amicus for Maryland Trial Lawyers' Ass'n.
Robert Dale Klein, Wharton, Levin & Ehrmantraut, Annapolis, Malcolm E. Wheeler, Parcel, Mauro, Hultin & Spaanstra, PC, Denver, Colo., amicus for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the United States, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the U.S., National Ass'n of Manufacturers of the U.S., Business Roundtable, and Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n.
Edward F. Houff, Carolyn J. Moses, Church & Houff, PA, Baltimore, amicus for Center for Claims Resolution.
James R. Eyler, John P. Sweeney, Gregory L. Lockwood Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore, amicus for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Clifford C. Cuniff, Baltimore, for respondents/cross petitioners.
Peter G. Angelos, Patricia J. Kasputys, Timothy J. Hogan, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore, amicus for Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos.
Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
We issued a writ of certiorari in these cases to consider several important questions relating to a strict products liability cause of action based on failure to warn of the dangerousness of the products, and to reconsider some of the principles governing awards of punitive damages in tort cases.
The plaintiffs Louis L. Dickerson and William L. Zenobia filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City separate complaints seeking damages for injuries...
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