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U.S. GYPSUM v. BALTIMORE

No. 127, September Term, 1992.

336 Md. 145 (1994)

UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY ET AL. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Buscemi (Grace E. Speights, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, all on brief), Washington, DC (George A. Nilson, Piper & Marbury, both on brief), Baltimore (John H. Lewis, Jr., Amelia C. Kittredge, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, all on brief), Philadelphia, PA., for U.S. Gypsum Co.

Thomas F. McDonough (Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, both on brief), Towson, for Asbestospray Corp.

Peter W. Taliaferro (Robert J. Lynott, Thomas & Libowitz, P.A., all on brief), Baltimore, for appellant, Hampshire Industries, Inc.

Melvin J. Sykes (Carl E. Tuerk, Jr., Elizabeth J. Case, Cooper, Beckman & Tuerk; Neal M. Janey, City Sol., Otho M. Thompson, Deputy City Sol., all on brief), Baltimore (Stanley J. Levy, Jordan Fox, Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, all on brief), New York City, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and BELL, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a products liability action brought in 1984 by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore ("the City") in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, against manufacturers, distributors and installers of asbestos-containing building materials. The City sought damages against, inter alia, manufacturer United States Gypsum Co., installer Hampshire Industries, Inc., and manufacturer/distributor Asbestospray Corp., for the cost...

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