OWENS-ILLINOIS v. GIANOTTI

No. 2644, Sept. Term, 2000.

813 A.2d 280 (2002)

148 Md. App. 457

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., et al., v. John GIANOTTI, et ux. ACandS, Inc. v. Harry Cook, Sr., et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied January 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Patrick Burns (Gerry H. Tostanoski and Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP, on the brief), Baltimore, for Owens-Illinois, Inc.

B. Ford Davis (Gardner M. Duvall, Dwight W. Stone, II and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, on the brief), Baltimore, for ACandS, Inc.

Edward J. Lilly (Scott Shellenberger and the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

John E. Griffith, Jr. and Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe, LLP, on the brief, Baltimore, for amicus curiae, Maryland Defense Counsel.

Argued before SALMON, KRAUSER, SHARER, JJ.


SALMON, Judge.

This case concerns the late John Gianotti, a worker whose exposure to asbestos manufactured by appellant, Owens-Illinois, Inc. ("Owens-Illinois"), and others caused him to contract mesothelioma. Mr. Gianotti died from mesothelioma after trial but before a final judgment was entered in this matter.

Several of the important issues briefed and argued in this case were answered in a decision by the Court...

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