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OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. v. ARMSTRONG

No. 77, September Term, 1991.

326 Md. 107 (1992)

604 A.2d 47

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. v. OTHELLO ARMSTRONG, ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry S. Johnson (Patrick C. Smith, Gardner M. Duvall, Julia K. Evans, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on brief), Baltimore, Walter E. Dellinger, Durham, N.C., argued, for petitioner.

Edward F. Houff, Carolyn J. Moses, Church & Houff, P.A., Baltimore, for amicus curiae Center for Claims Resolution.

Shepard A. Hoffman (Harry Goldman, Jr., David M. Layton, Goldman & Skeen, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for respondents.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.

CHASANOW, Judge.

Kaylo is an asbestos-containing insulation that was manufactured and sold by petitioner, Owens-Illinois, Inc., from 1948 to 1958. In 1958, Owens-Illinois, Inc. conveyed the Kaylo product line to Owens-Corning Fiberglas. Kaylo was generally sold as 50-60 pound blocks which were separated into pieces with hammers or saws. The cutting, fitting, and installation of Kaylo was alleged to have been extremely dusty work.

Respondent, Othello Armstrong...

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