GEORGIA PACIFIC v. FARRAR

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Shea ( Mitchell Y. Mirviss and David S. Gray of Venable, LLP, Baltimore, MD; F. Ford Loker, Jr. and Robin Silver of Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Mark A. Behrens, Esquire , Christopher E. Appel, Esquire , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington DC, William L. Anderson, Esquire , Rebecca C. Baden, Esquire , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae brief of Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, American Insurance Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center in support of Petitioner.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., Esquire , Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, Terri S. Reiskin, Esquire , Dykema Gossett PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae brief of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. in support of Defendant-Petitioner Georgia-Pacific, LLC.

Neil J. MacDonald, Esquire , MacDonald Law Group, LLC, Beltsville, MD, Nicholas P. Vari, Esquire , Michael J. Ross, Esquire , Gregory T. Sturges, Esquire , K & L Gates, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Amicus Curiae brief of Crane Co. in support of Petitioner.

Theodore Hadzi-Antich, Esquire , Deborah J. La Fetra, Esquire , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae brief of Pacific Legal Foundation in support of Petitioner Georgia-Pacific, LLC.

Edward J. Lilly ( Thomas P. Kelly , William G. Minkin and Jennifer L. Lilly of The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, BARBERA, McDONALD and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.