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QUISENBERRY v. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INC.

Record No. 171494.

818 S.E.2d 805 (2018)

Wesley QUISENBERRY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Wanda Quisenberry, Deceased, v. HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 11, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Kendrick ( Peter Kraus ; Jonathan George ; Charles S. Siegel , on briefs), for petitioner.

Alexandra B. Cunningham , Richmond ( Stuart A. Raphael ; Wendy C. McGraw , Norfolk; Merideth Snow Daly , Richmond; Hunton & Williams, on brief), for respondent.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Asbestos Firm ( William W.C. Harty ; Robert R. Hatten ; Hugh B. McCormick, III ; Erin E. Jewell , Newport News; Jeanette Dodson-O'Connell ; Spencer Reiss; Richard S. Glasser ; William H. Monroe, Jr. ; Marc C. Greco ; Kip A. Harbison , Norfolk; Greg Webb ; Kyle McNew , Charlottesville; Kevin P. Bilms ; Thomas F. Burris, III ; Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein; Glasser & Glasser; Michie Hamlett PC, on briefs), in support of petitioner.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association ( E. Kyle McNew ; J. Gregory Webb ; MichieHamlett, on briefs), Charlottesville, for petitioner.

Amici Curiae: Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Manufacturers Association, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufactuers, American Tort Reform Association, American Insurance Association, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center ( Mark A. Behrens ; Shook Hardy & Bacon, on brief), in support Of respondent.

PRESENT: Lemons, C.J., Mims, McClanahan, Powell, Kelsey, and McCullough, JJ., and Millette, S.J.

UPON A QUESTION OF LAW CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

OPINION BY SENIOR JUSTICE LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia entered an order of certification requesting that this Court exercise jurisdiction pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia and Rule 5:40 and answer the following question of law:

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