LIGHTOLIER v. HOON

No. 117, September Term, 2004.

876 A.2d 100 (2005)

387 Md. 539

LIGHTOLIER, A DIVISION OF GENLYTE THOMAS GROUP, LLC v. David HOON et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 21, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Marshall (Maria E. Rodriguez of Venable LLP of Baltimore), on brief, for petitioner.

Peter A. Muhic (Peter G. Rossi of Cozen O'Conor of Philadelphia, PA; Allan A. Noble of Budow and Noble, P.C. of Bethesda), on brief, for respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.


CATHELL, J.

This case arises from the occurrence of a fire that caused substantial damage to the home of David and Texie Hoon ("the Hoons"). At issue is whether the manufacturer of a recessed light fixture that gave rise to the fire when it was later improperly surrounded by thermal insulation can be strictly liable under a product liability theory when warnings existing on both the light fixture itself and the instruction manual accompanying it clearly warned of...

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