Legal Opinion
Hollingsworth & Vose Co. v. Connor
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 28, 2000No. 1489, Sept. Term, 1999PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THIEME, Judge.
ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
A jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City awarded appellee, Charles M.P. Connor, $2,225 million dollars for damages resulting from mesothelioma induced from the asbestos in Kent cigarettes; appellee died two months later. Appel lants, Hollingsworth & Vose Company (“H & V”) and Lorillard Tobacco Company (“Lorillard”), promptly appealed from that judgment, and present the following questions, which we have rephrased, renumbered, and consolidated for clarity:
1. Did the trial court err, as a matter of law, in denying H & V’s motion to dismiss for…
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