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· 12/17/1985

Trimper v. Porter-Hayden

Citations

  • 501 A.2d 446
  • 305 Md. 31
  • 1985 Md. LEXIS 896

How courts have described this case

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  • holding date of accrual for latent disease actions occurs at the earlier of discovery or death
  • expressing that a claim accrues when “all of the elements of a cause of action have occurred so that it is complete”
  • recognizing, in a latent disease case, that an injured person’s cause of action accrues “either 1
  • clear language of statute could not be rewritten under the \guise of statutory construction\
  • “The plain language of the Maryland wrongful death statute precludes us from applying ... the approach of the discovery rule cases reviewed above.”
  • clear language of statute could not be rewritten envisioned. We are in an age of more insidious, less under the \guise of statutory construction\

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Judges: Rodowsky

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