DIXON v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Ruckdeschel ( Dawn P. O'Croinin of The Ruckdeschel Law Firm, LLC, Ellicott City, MD), on brief, for Petitioners/Cross-Respondents.

Michael T. Edmonds, Esquire , Timothy J. Hogan, Esquire , Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief in support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari.

John E. Herrick, Esquire , Nathan D. Finch, Esquire , Motley Rice, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, for Amici Curiae brief of Interested Physicians and Scientific Researchers in support of Appellant.

J. Tracy Walker, IV (McGuireWoods, LLP, Richmond, VA; Robert Dale Klein and Michelle R. Mitchell of Wharton, Levin, Ehrmantraut & Klein, P.A., Annapolis, MD), on brief, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Martin S. Kaufman, Esquire , Atlantic Legal Foundation, Larchmont, NY, John Charles Sullivan, Esquire , Baltimore, MD, for Amici Curiae brief of Richard Wilson, John Henderson Duffus, Ronald E. Gots, Dudley Herschbach, Steven Lamm, Arthur M. Langer, A. Alan Moghissi, Robert Nolan, Gordon L. Nord, Jr., Emmanuel Rubin, James D. Watson and Ann G. Wylie in support of Appellee/Cross-Appellant Ford Motor Company.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., Esquire , Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, James M. Beck, Esquire , ReedSmith, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Rignal W. Baldwin, Esquire , Baldwin, Kagan, Gormley, LLC, Annapolis, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. in support of Respondent/Cross-Petitioner Ford Motor Company.

Mark A. Behrens, Esquire , Christopher E. Appel, Esquire , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, DC, William L. Anderson, Esquire , Clifford J. Zatz, Esquire , Rebecca C. Baden, Esquire , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae brief of Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, American Insurance Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center in support of Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, BARBERA, McDONALD, ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, specially assigned) JJ.