Laurie J. Helper (Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, LLP, San Francisco, CA), F. Ford Loker (Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, MD), Thomas M. Goss , Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Joel D. Newport (Moore & Jackson, LLC, Towson, MD), on brief, for Respondents.
Mark A. Behrens, Esquire , Christopher E. Appel, Esquire , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturers' Alliance of Maryland, Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers' American Tort Reform Association, American Insurance Association, Proper Casualty Insurers Association of America, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center.
Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, McDONALD, WATTS and GLENN T. HARRELL, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.
ADKINS, J.
In this products liability case, the content of a sixty-some year old instruction manual for a heavy piece of naval equipment may be the quintessential smoking gun. We consider failure to warn claims in strict liability and negligence brought by the widow of a naval machinist against manufacturers of heavy-duty pumps. We are asked to...
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