NORTH RIVER INS. CO. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE

No. 98, Sept. Term, 1995.

680 A.2d 480 (1996)

343 Md. 34

NORTH RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY and United States Fire Insurance Company et al. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin R. Civiletti (G. Stewart Webb, Jr., Mitchell Y. Mirviss, Kevin B. Collins, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, L.L.P., Jervis S. Finney, Warren B. Daly, Jr., Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, on brief), Baltimore, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney (Lawrence F. McHeffey, Pamela A. Tanis), Morristown, NJ, for appellants.

Melvin J. Sykes (Carl E. Tuerk, Jr., Cooper, Beckman & Tuerk, L.L.P., Neal M. Janey, City Solicitor, Otho M. Thompson, Deputy City Solicitor, Baltimore, on brief), Stanley J. Levy, Jordan C. Fox, Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, L.L.P., on brief, New York City, for appellee.

Laura A. Foggan, Keith S. Watson, Christine E. Connelly, Elizabeth A. Eastwood, Robert E. Johnston, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, amicus curiae for Ins. Environmental Litigation Ass'n.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL, RAKER and JOHN F. McAULIFFE (retired, specially assigned), JJ.


RODOWSKY, Judge.

Presented here are appeals from judgments entered as sanctions for discovery violations in a sequel to United States Gypsum Co. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, 336 Md. 145, 647 A.2d 405 (1994). There we affirmed, inter alia, a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in favor of Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the City) for compensatory damages against Asbestospray Corp. in the amount...

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