867 A.2d 1119
No. 135, September Term, 2004.Court of Appeals of Maryland.
February 11, 2005.
Michael E. Mumford, Randall L. Solomon, Baker Hostetler, LLP, Cleveland, Lee T. Ellis, Baker Hostetler, LLP, Washington, DC, for BOC Group, Inc.
Thorne D. Harris, III, Metairie, LA, Robert Dale Klein, Wharton, Levin, Ehrmantraut Klein, P.A., Annapolis, for Air Products Chemicals, Inc.
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Ted Voorhees, James Goold, Elizabeth Winston, Covington
Burling, Washington, DC, for American Chemistry Council, Inc.
Paul F. Strain, Bruce R. Parker, Venable, Baetjer Howard, Baltimore, for Borden, Inc., Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Goodyear Tire Rubber Co., Union Carbide Corp. Olin Corp.
Samuel Goldblatt, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Buffalo, NY, Barry J. Pollack, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Washington, DC, for Dow Chemical Co.
Robert E. Scott, Jr., Sean P. Edwards, Semmes, Bowen Semmes, Baltimore, for Clairol, Inc.
Joseph W. Hovermill, Matthew T. Wagman, Miles Stockbridge, P.C., Baltimore, Timothy J. Coughlin, Laura Bancroft Nemer, Hope E. Redmond, Thompson Hine, Cleveland, OH, for Geon Co., Polyone Co., Goodrich Corp., American Chemistry Council, PPG Industries
Conoco, Inc.
Jefrey R. DeCaro, Elizabeth M. Fischer, DeCaro, Doran, Siciliano, Gallagher DeBlasis, LLP, Lanham, for Gilman Co.
Rudolph L. Rose, Pamela T. Broache, Semmes, Bowen Semmes, Baltimore, John E. Heinrich, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D’Armond, McCowan, Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Honeywell International, Inc.
Carol A. Rutter, Jerry K. Ronecker, Husch Eppenberger, LLC, St. Louis, MO, for Olin Corp.
Gary W. Kuc, Stephen B. Caplis, Whiteford, Taylor Preston, Baltimore, Gilbert M. Piette, Frank E. Perez, Brownsville, TX, for Unilever United States, Inc. Diversified CPC International, Inc.
J. Kevin Buster, W. Ray Persons, Carmen R. Toledo, King
Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Union Carbide Corp.
Ronald M. Greenberg, Berkes, Crane, Robinson Seal, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Philip B. Barnes, Raymond L. Marshall, Whiteford, Taylor Preston, Towson, for Whittaker Development Co.
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Submitted before BELL, C.J. RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, JJ.
PER CURIAM ORDER
The Court having considered and granted the petition for a writ of certiorari in the above-entitled case, it is this 11th day of February, 2005,
ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, that the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals be, and it is hereby, vacated, and the case is remanded to the Court of Special Appeals for reconsideration in light of Wilson v. Crane, 385 Md. 185, 867 A.2d 1077 (No. 79, September Term, 2004, filed February 10, 2005). Costs in this Court and in the Court of Special Appeals to be paid by the respondents.
/s/ ROBERT M. BELL
Chief Judge.
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