TRIMPER v. PORTER-HAYDEN

No. 38, September Term, 1985.

305 Md. 31 (1985)

501 A.2d 446

CHARLOTTE M. TRIMPER ET AL. v. PORTER-HAYDEN ET AL. SYLVIA SANDBERG ET AL. v. EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Amato, IV, John T. Enoch and Goodman, Meagher & Enoch, on brief, Baltimore, for appellant Sylvia Sandberg et al.

William D. Kurtz, Baltimore, for appellant Charlotte M. Trimper et al.

Robert Dale Klein (John S. Bainbridge, Jr., Andrew E. Shipley and Piper & Marbury, on brief), John W. Geldmacher (H. Emslie Parks, Leland S. Van Koten and Wright & Parks, on brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

The question presented in these consolidated appeals is whether wrongful death and survival actions involving exposures to asbestos are time barred when brought more than three years after death or whether some form of discovery rule applies. For reasons hereinafter set forth we shall hold that two separate time bars, each of which began to run at death, had respectively expired prior to suit on these latent disease claims.

One of the plaintiffs...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases