Haynie v. Gold Bond Building Products

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case began when the plaintiff, Samuel B. Haynie, Jr., filed in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City a “Bill For Declaratory Judgment.” Named as defendant was Haynie’s employer, Gold Bond Building Products. The pertinent factual allegations and issues raised were set forth in the Bill as follows.

“The Plaintiff alleges that in March, 1978, a defective piece of machinery at the production plant owned by the Defendant malfunctioned electrically igniting flammable fuel oil. The machinery was labeled a ‘rock dryer,’ a machine which flame dries gypsum rock to prepare it for…