Pfizer wins third case over subsidiary’s asbestos-containing product

BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) – Pfizer was recently granted summary judgment in an asbestos lawsuit alleging it should be held liable as an apparent company for a product manufactured by its subsidiary Quigley Company, Inc.

Judge John M. Glynn of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City said the case appears to pierce the corporate veil for trying to hold a stockholder liable for the wrongdoings of a bankrupt corporation.