ROSSELLO v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE

No. 24, September Term, 2019.

226 A.3d 444 (2020)

468 Md. 92

Patrick ROSSELLO v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Gardner M. Duvall (Ioana Kastellorizios, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, Baltimore, MD; Gary J. Ignatowski, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellant.

Argued by Harry Lee (Catherine D. Cockerham, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC; Kamil Ismail, Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.

John Amato, IV, Esquire, Goodman Meagher & Enoch, LLP, 111 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, for Amicus Curiae Daquantay Robinson and Brionna Heckstall.

Stuart M.G. Seraina, Esquire, Louis P. Malick, Esquire, Kramon & Graham, P.A., One South Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21202, for Amicus Curiae CX Reinsurance Company Limited.

Lee H. Ogburn, Esquire, Steven M. Klepper, Esquire, Kramon & Graham, P.A., One South Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21202, for Amicus Curiae Travelers Casualty and Surety Company.

Adam J. Singer, Esquire, Laura A. Foggan, Esquire, Crowell & Moring LLP, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20004, for Amicus Curiae The Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, Booth, Clayton Greene, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned) JJ.


Patrick Rossello was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2013, nearly forty years after exposure to asbestos at his place of work in 1974. Mr. Rossello subsequently won a $2,682,847.26 judgment against the asbestos installer. Later, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City issued a writ of garnishment requiring the insurer of the asbestos installer...

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