R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO v. STIDHAM

No. 77, Sept. Term, 2015.

141 A.3d 1 (2016)

448 Md. 497

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., et al. v. Douglas A. STIDHAM, etc., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Dal Burton ( Jonathon A. Fligg , Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, LLP, Atlanta, GA; John Parker Sweeney , T. Sky Woodward , Kevin B. Mattingly , Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioners/cross-respondents.

James S. Zavakos ( Theodore Flerlage, Jr. , Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondents/cross-petitioners.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., GREENE, McDONALD, GLENN T. HARRELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), LYNNE A. BATTAGLIA (Retired, Specially Assigned), IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


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