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HOLCOMB v. GEORGIA PACIFIC, LLC

No. 56510.

289 P.3d 188 (2012)

Tamara HOLCOMB; Billy Joe Holcomb; Joseph Holcomb; Shelly Holcomb; and Kelly Miller, Appellants, v. GEORGIA PACIFIC, LLC; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.; and Union Carbide Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hutchison & Steffen, LLC, and Michael K. Wall , Las Vegas; Waters, Kraus & Paul and Paul C. Cook , El Segundo, California, for Appellants.

Troy E. Peyton, P.C, and Troy E. Peyton , Las Vegas; Baker & Hostetler, LLP, and Mary Price Birk , Denver, Colorado, for Respondent Union Carbide Corporation.

Lewis & Roca, LLP, and Daniel F. Polsenberg , Las Vegas, for Respondents Georgia Pacific, LLC; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc.; and Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

By the Court, CHERRY, C.J.:

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