ROSENBLATT v. EXXON

No. 137, September Term, 1993.

335 Md. 58 (1994)

642 A.2d 180

THOMAS ROSENBLATT v. EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Macy Nelson (Jacqueline S. Russell, Anderson, Coe & King, all on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

John E. Griffith, Jr. (Ann Burke Lloyd, Piper & Marbury, both on brief), Baltimore, Daniel P. Rigterink (Bregman, Berbert & Schwartz, all on brief), Bethesda, for appellees.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves the question whether, under Maryland law, a subsequent occupier of commercial property has a cause of action in strict liability, negligence, trespass, or nuisance, for economic losses sustained, against a former occupant whose activities during its occupancy allegedly caused the property to become contaminated by toxic chemicals.

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In July 1986, Thomas Rosenblatt leased a parcel of real property located in...

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