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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO v. STIDHAM

No. 77, Sept. Term, 2015.

141 A.3d 1 (2016)

448 Md. 497

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., et al. v. Douglas A. STIDHAM, etc., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Dal Burton (Jonathon A. Fligg, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, LLP, Atlanta, GA; John Parker Sweeney, T. Sky Woodward, Kevin B. Mattingly, Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings, LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioners/cross-respondents.

James S. Zavakos (Theodore Flerlage, Jr., Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondents/cross-petitioners.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., GREENE, McDONALD, GLENN T. HARRELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), LYNNE A. BATTAGLIA (Retired, Specially Assigned), IRMA S. RAKER (Retired, Specially Assigned), and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

This case is another attempt by plaintiffs with lung cancer to join in one action claims against both asbestos and tobacco defendants on the premise that their cancers arose from exposure to the products of both sets of defendants — that the cancers were caused by both smoking cigarettes and exposure to asbestos. As it had done...

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