Duffy v. CBS Corp.

In this case we must decide whether the statute of repose, presently codified as Section 5-108 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Maryland Code (1973, 2013 Repl. Vol.) ("CJP § 5-108" or "statute of repose"), bars the causes of action brought by James F. Piper ("Mr. Piper"), now deceased. After Mr. Piper's death, and while the case was pending in the intermediate appellate court, the Register of Wills appointed Petitioner, June Diane Duffy ("Ms. Duffy" or "the Estate"), Personal Representative of Mr. Piper's Estate, 1 and she was substituted in place of the decedent as a…