KENNEDY v. LASTING PAINTS, INC.

No. 88, Sept. Term, 2007.

947 A.2d 503 (2008)

404 Md. 427

Renee KENNEDY, Next Friend, et al. v. LASTING PAINTS, INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Richardson (Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, Baltimore), on brief for Petitioners.

Philip H. Curtis (Nancy G. Milburn, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York City); John B. Isbister and Toyja E. Kelley, Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore, Counsel for Atlantic Richfield Company.

Richard W. Mark, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York City; Raymond G. Mullady, Jr., Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for American Cyanamid Company.

Peter F. Axelrad and Ronald A. Baradel, Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan, P.A., Annapolis, Counsel for the Doe Run Resources Corp., sued as St. Joe Minerals Corporation.

Michael T. Nilan (Scott A. Smith, Halleland, Lewis, Nilan & Johnson, P.A., Minneapolis, MN), Counsel for SCM Corporation.

Andrew Gendron and Matthew T. Murnane, Venable LLP, Baltimore; Carl A. Henlein and Susan S. Wettle, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, KY, Counsel for The Glidden Company.

George M. Church, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore; Paul M. Pohl, Charles M. Moellenberg, Jr. and Jones Day, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for the Sherwin-Williams Company.

James P. Ulwick, Kramon & Graham, P.A., Baltimore; Elizabeth L. Thompson, Andre M. Pauka, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL; Timothy S. Hardy, Denver, CO, Counsel for NL Industries, Inc.

Deborah L. Robinson, Robinson Woolson O'Connell, LLP, Baltimore, Counsel for Duron, Inc.

Charles S. Hirsch, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Baltimore; Steven R. Williams, McGuire Woods, Richmond, VA, Counsel for E.I. DuPoint de Nemours & Company.

Robert H. Bouse, Anderson, Coe & King LLP, Baltimore; James R. Miller and Michael J. Sweeney, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for PPG Industries, Inc.

Gerard P. Martin and Thy Christine Pham, Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg, LLP, Baltimore, Counsel for Benjamin Moore & Company.

James K. Archibald, Venable LLP, Baltimore; Thomas F. Karaba, Crowley, Barrett & Karaba, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Counsel for Fuller-O'Brien Corporation.

William C. Parler, Jr., Parler & Wobber, LLP, Towson, Counsel for Valspar Corporation.

Frank F. Daily (Law Offices of Frank F. Daily, P.A., Hunt Valley), for Respondents.

Argued before BELL, C.J. RAKER, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, DALE R. CATHELL, (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.


HARRELL, Judge.

I.

Nearly ten years ago, seven minor plaintiffs (Reginald Smith, Jr., Shatara Smith, Shatavia Smith, Christian Brantley, Brandon Hamilton, Gerald Shorter, and Octavia Shorter) from four families (the Smiths, the Brantleys, the Hamiltons, and the Shorters) filed a complaint in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Based on exposure to the element, lead, these four families sought to recover damages...

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