Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Cook

Having granted the petition, filed by the petitioner, Owens-Illinois, and the cross-petition, see Owens-Illinois v. Cook, 374 Md. 82, 821 A.2d 370 (2003), filed by the respondents, John A. and Shirley Gianotti, for writ of certiorari, 1 this Court must decide four issues: whether, under the parties’ 1994 settlement agreement, pursuant to which the respondents signed a release reserving their claims for certain “future disease[s],” in an asbestos-related personal injury case, Maryland’s statutory cap on non-economic damages, Md.Code (1974, 2002 Rep. Vol.) § 11-108 of the Courts and Judicial…