DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. MAHLUM

No. 28600.

973 P.2d 842 (1999)

The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. Charlotte MAHLUM and Marvin S. Mahlum, Respondents/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rawlings Olson Cannon Gormley & Desruisseaux, Las Vegas; McDonald, Carano, Wilson, McCune, Bergin, Frankovich & Hicks, Reno; Mayer, Brown & Platt and Michele Louise Odorizzi, Chicago, Illinois, for appellant/cross-respondent.

White & Meany, Reno; Ellis & Rapacki, Boston, Massachusetts; Farmer, Price, Hornsby & Weatherford, Dothan, Alabama, for respondents/cross-appellants.

Thomas J. Hall, Reno; Robin S. Conrad, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Perry & Spann, Reno; Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, Virginia; Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis and Jordan B. Cherrick and Jennifer S. Lohman, St. Louis, Missouri, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Lionel Sawyer & Collins and Richard Horton, Reno; Covington Burling and Bruce N. Kulik, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Woodburn and Wedge and Casey W. Vlautin, Reno, for amicus curiae American Tort Reform Association.

Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg, Reno, for amicus curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Lynn G. Pierce, Reno, for amicus curiae Public Citizens.

Galatz, Earl & Bulla, Las Vegas, for amicus curiae Nevada Trial Lawyers Association.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In Dow Chemical v. Mahlum, 114 Nev. ___, 970 P.2d 98 (1998), we reversed the district court's judgment on the claims of fraudulent concealment, concert of action and aiding and abetting fraudulent misrepresentation, and vacated the award of punitive damages. Further, we affirmed the judgment on the claim of negligent undertaking and affirmed the district court's order denying appellant Dow Chemical...

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