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PIERCE v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORP.

[No. 7, September Term, 1982.]

296 Md. 656 (1983)

464 A.2d 1020

ELIZABETH A. PIERCE ET AL. v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Enoch and John Amato, IV, with whom were Goodman, Meagher & Enoch on the brief, for appellants.

F. Ford Loker, with whom were Robert E. Scott, Jr., Daniel W. Whitney and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Donald A. Krach and Niles, Barton & Wilmer, Michael B. Mann and Merriman & Mann, James R. Eyler and Miles & Stockbridge, H. Emslie Parks and Wright & Parks on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.

DAVIDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case primarily concerns an application of Maryland Code (1974, 1980 Repl.Vol.) § 5-101 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, a statute of limitations that requires a civil action to be filed within three years from the date it accrues (the three year statute of limitations). More particularly, it concerns the time at which a cause of action accrues when exposure to asbestos initially results in...

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