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EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. BALBOS

No. 22, September Term, 1991.

326 Md. 179 (1992)

604 A.2d 445

EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL. v. PAUL BALBOS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LESLIE BALBOS ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 10, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Close, Jr. (Warren N. Weaver, Lisa A. Kershner, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, all on brief), Dennis C. Whelley (Mann & Whelley, P.A., Towson, on the brief), for petitioners/cross respondents.

Harry S. Johnson, Gardner M. Duvall, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, amicus curiae for Owen-Illinois, Inc.

Harry Goldman, Jr. (David M. Layton, Steven G. Warm, William A. Musto, Goldman & Skeen, P.A., Baltimore, all on brief), for respondents/cross petitioners.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW and KARWACKI, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (Retired), Specially Assigned.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

These consolidated tort actions arise out of the deaths of two former shipyard workers. Their deaths were caused by malignant mesothelioma resulting from inhalation of microscopic asbestos fibers. Judgments in favor of the plaintiffs were appealed to the Court of Special Appeals which affirmed the award of compensatory damages and reversed the award of punitive damages. Eagle-Picher Indus. v. Balbos, 84 Md.App. 10

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