· 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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