Ms. Tostanoski represents large and small corporations, insurance companies, self-insureds, and individuals in complex litigation matters. She has a particularly strong record defending manufacturers and distributors in products liability cases. She is also experienced in toxic torts litigation, including cases involving asbestos.
In the 1990s, Ms. Tostanoski played a central role in some of the larg...
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Ms. Tostanoski represents large and small corporations, insurance companies, self-insureds, and individuals in complex litigation matters. She has a particularly strong record defending manufacturers and distributors in products liability cases. She is also experienced in toxic torts litigation, including cases involving asbestos.
In the 1990s, Ms. Tostanoski played a central role in some of the largest, most consequential consolidations of asbestos cases in the country. She defended Pittsburgh Corning Corporation in the first consolidation, which consisted of more than 8,500 cases. The client’s primary goal was to prevail on the issue of punitive damages; to attain that result, it was imperative to preserve the record for over three years including an eight-month trial. The goal of overturning the punitive damages award was accomplished on appeal. ACandS v. Godwin, 340 Md. 334 (1995). Since that case, no punitive damage award has been upheld in Maryland in an asbestos case. In addition, she represented Owens-Illinois and Fibreboard Corporation in the second consolidated trial of more than 1,300 cases, ACandS, Inc. v. Abate, 121 Md. App. 590 (1998). She defended these same clients in a third consolidation of 168 cases, Adams v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., 119 Md. App. 395 (1998).
Ms. Tostanoski is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Defense Counsel and served as its President from 1999-2000. She has been appointed by Chief Judge Robert M. Bell of the Maryland Court of Appeals to serve the Maryland State Board of Law Examiners as a member of its Character Committee, which evaluates state bar applicants for fitness to practice law.
Ms. Tostanoski is AV® Peer Review Rated – the highest possible peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Prior to joining Tydings & Rosenberg in 1986, Ms. Tostanoski was a law clerk for Associate Judge Paul E. Alpert of the Court of Special Appeals and served as the Legal Officer for the Administrative Office of the Courts. She joined the firm in 1986 and became a partner in 1994.
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