Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward J. Lilly and Ronald E. Richardson (Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioners.
Philip H. Curtis (William H. Voth of Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY; John B. Isbister of Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore, for Atlantic Richfield Co.), for petitioners.
Paul M. Pohl (Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr., Laura E. Ellsworth of Jones Day of Pittsburgh, PA); George M. Church (F. Ford Loker of Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore); Dale A. Normington (The Sherwin-Williams Company of Cleveland, OH), on brief, for respondents.
Andrew Gendron, Matthew T. Murname, Venable LLP, Baltimore, Michael T. Nilan, Scott A. Smith, Matthew E. Johnson, Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins & Johnson, Minneapolis, MN, attorneys for SCM Corporation.
Raymond G. Mullady, Jr., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Washington, DC; Daniel J. Thomasch, Richard W. Mark, New York, NY, attorneys for American Cyanamid Company.
Peter F. Axelrad, Ronald A. Baradel, Matthew S. Evans, III, Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, Annapolis, attorneys for The Doe Run Resources Corporation and Asarco, Inc.
Andrew Gendron, Matthew T. Murname, Venable LLP, Baltimore, Carl A. Henlein, Susan S. Wettle, Frost, Brown, Todd, Louisville, KY, attorneys for The Glidden Company.
James P. Ulwick, Kramon & Graham, Baltimore, Elizabeth L. Thompson, Andre M. Pauka, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, Susan O'Sullivan McGuire, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, attorneys for NL Industries, Inc.
Robert H. Bouse, Jr., Philip C. Jacobson, Charles I. Joseph, Anderson, Coe & King, Baltimore; James R. Miller, Michael J. Sweeney, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, PA, attorneys for PPG Industries, Inc.
Gerard P. Martin, T. Christine Pham, Rosenberg, Martin, Funk, Greenberg, Baltimore; Jeffrey S. Lichtman, Jonathan M. Shine, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY, attorneys for Benjamin Moore & Company.
Deborah L. Robinson, Robinson Woolson, Baltimore; Ronald A. Dweck, Glenn M. Cooper, Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg & Cooper, Bethesda, attorneys for Duron, Inc.
William C. Parler, Jr., Parler & Wobber, Towson, attorneys for Valspar Corporation.
Charles S. Hirsch, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Baltimore; Steven R. Williams, McGuire Woods, Richmond, VA, attorneys for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
Frank F. Daily, Cynthia Dietz Spirt, The Law Offices of Frank F. Daily, Hunt Valley, attorneys for Lasting Paints, Inc.
Victor E. Schwartz, Leah Lorber, Cary Silverman, Washington, DC, brief of the American Tort Reform Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, National Association of Manufacturers, American Chemistry Council, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents. (Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC, Ann W. Spragens, Robert J. Hurns, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Des Plaines, IL, Sherman Joyce, American Tort Reform Association, Washington, DC, Donald D. Evans, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, VA, Of Counsel.)
Michael T. Wharton, Michelle R. Callender, Wharton, Levin, Ehrmantraut & Klein, Annapolis, brief of amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. in Support of Respondents. (Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, Of Counsel.)
Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JJ.
