Legal Opinion
Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Zenobia
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 14, 1992No. 66, September Term, 1991PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
We issued a writ of certiorari in these cases to consider several important questions relating to a strict products *428liability cause of action based on failure to warn of the dangerousness of the products, and to reconsider some of the principles governing awards of punitive damages in tort cases.
The plaintiffs Louis L. Dickerson and William L. Zenobia filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City separate complaints seeking damages for injuries resulting from exposure to asbestos, and the complaints were consolidated for purposes of trial and appeal. Both plaintiffs have…
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