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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. v. PRANSKY

No. 107, Sept. Term, 2001.

800 A.2d 722 (2002)

369 Md. 360

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION v. Lisa J. PRANSKY et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied July 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Parker Sweeney (T. Sky Woodward, E. Benjamin Alliker and Angela N. Whittaker of Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore; R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr., Church, Loker, Radcliffe & Silver, P.A., Baltimore; Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL), all on brief, for petitioner.

Sara Sadler Turnipseed, Charles E. Watkins, III, of Nelson Millins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, on brief for petitioner.

John E. Griffith, Jr., Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe LLP, Baltimore, Brief of amicus curiae Maryland Defense Council filed on behalf of Petitioner.

Melvin J. Sykes, Baltimore; Stephen W. Wilson, Michael B. Leh of Greitzer & Locks, Philadelphia, PA; Stephen J. Nolan, Nolan, Plumhoff & Williams, Chtd., Towson, all on brief, for respondents.

Argued Before BELL, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

After concluding that Lisa Pransky contracted mesothelioma from her exposure to an asbestos-containing joint compound manufactured and distributed by petitioner, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County awarded Ms. Pransky and her husband damages of $9,188,000. Of that sum, $4,800,000 was for Ms. Pransky's non-economic damages. The Court of Special Appeals affirmed the judgment entered upon that verdict.

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