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DUFFY v. CBS CORP.

No. 41, Sept. Term, 2017.

182 A.3d 166 (2018)

458 Md. 206

June Diane DUFFY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James F. Piper v. CBS CORPORATION, f/k/a Viacom, Inc., f/k/a Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied May 17, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Daniel A. Brown ( Ian G. Thomas and Matthew E. Kiely , Brown Gould Kiely LLP Bethesda, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Christopher G. Conley ( Phillip A. Kulinski and Clare M. Maisano , Evert Weathersby Houff Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Richard M. Resnick, Esquire , Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, P.C., 900 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, for Amicus Curiae North America's Building Trades Unions, the Community Hub for Opportunities in Construction Employment and The Western Maryland Building and Construction Trades Council.

Christopher E. Appel, Esquire , Mark A. Behrens, Esquire , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., 1155 F Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20004, for Amicus Curiae Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, NFIB Small Business Legal Center, American Tort Reform Association, and American Insurance Association.

Theodore F. Roberts, Esquire , Mitchell Y. Mirviss, Esquire , Venable LLP, 750 East Pratt Street, Suite 900, Baltimore, MD 21202, for Amicus Curiae Maryland Defense Counsel.

Argued Before: Barbera, C.J. Greene, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Irma S. Raker (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.

In this case we must decide whether the statute of repose, presently codified as Section 5-108 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Maryland Code (1973, 2013 Repl. Vol.) ("CJP § 5-108" or "statute of repose"), bars the causes of action brought by James F. Piper ("Mr. Piper"), now deceased. After Mr. Piper's death...

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