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OWENS-ILLINOIS v. ARMSTRONG

No. 933, September Term, 1990.

87 Md. App. 699 (1991)

591 A.2d 544

OWENS-ILLINOIS, ET AL. v. OTHELLO ARMSTRONG, ET AL. FREDERICK STORMER, ET AL. v. EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

June 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. Smith (F. Leigh Swann and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant, Owens-Illinois.

Shepard A. Hoffman (Harry Goldman, Jr., William A. Musto and Goldman & Skeen, P.A., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellants, Stormer and Celozzi.

Shepard A. Hoffman (William Musto, Harry Goldman, Jr. and Goldman & Skeen, P.A., on the brief), Baltimore, for appellees, Armstrong and Wood.

Kristine A. Crosswhite, Miles & Stockbridge, on the brief, Baltimore, for appellee, Owens Corning Fiberglas.

Diane V. D'Aiutolo, Frederick C. Leiner and Tydings & Rosenberg, on the brief, Baltimore, for appellee, Fibreboard Corp.

Edward F. Houff and Church & Houff, on the brief, Baltimore, for appellee, GAF Corp. and Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Patrick C. Smith, F. Leigh Swann and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on the brief, Baltimore, for appellees, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Keene Corp. & ACandS, Inc.

Argued before BISHOP, ALPERT and DAVIS, JJ.

BISHOP, Judge.

This appeal involves the consolidated cases of three shipyard workers, Othello Armstrong, Forrest Wood, and Dominic Celozzi, and one warehouseman, Frederick Stormer, who sued companies that manufactured, installed or supplied asbestos-containing insulation products. All four cases were submitted to the jury on the claims of negligence and strict liability, based on the contention that the asbestos-containing insulation products were defective. For clarity...

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