MITCHELL, INC. v. MARYLAND CASUALTY

No. 136, September Term, 1990.

324 Md. 44 (1991)

595 A.2d 469

LLOYD E. MITCHELL, INC. v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay I. Morstein (Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Joseph D. Tydings, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky of Washington, D.C., Emory Plitt, Harford Co. Atty., Jefferson L. Blomquist, Asst. Co. Atty., Bel Air, Gorman E. Getty, Allegany Co. Atty. Cumberland, Stephen Beard, Anne Arundel Co. Atty., Stephen M. LeGendre, Deputy Co. Atty., Annapolis, Arnold Jablon, Baltimore Co. Atty., Towson, William R. Bailey, Calvert Co. Atty., Prince, Frederick, amicus curiae for all Fifteen Maryland Counties.

Jordan S. Stanzler, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky P.C., New York City, Mark Kolman, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, Baltimore, amicus curiae for Bausch & Lomb Inc.

E. Charles Dann, Jr. (Thomas M. Trezise, Stephen E. Marshall, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, all on brief), Towson, for respondent.

John B. Wyss, Joseph L. Ruby, Wiley, Rein & Fielding Washington, D.C., M. King Hill, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Towson, amicus curiae for Utica Mut. Ins. Co.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, and KARWACKI, JJ., and J. WILLIAM Hinkel, Administrative Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of Maryland, Specially Assigned.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case focuses upon the event or events which trigger insurance coverage under a standard form comprehensive general liability insurance policy in the context of asbestos-related personal injuries.

I.

For a number of years, Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. (Mitchell), a mechanical contractor, was involved in the sale, distribution, and installation of products which contained asbestos. It ceased all business operations in 1976, but...

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