Janet Leichling v. Honeywell International, Inc

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge THACKER wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge DIAZ joined.

THACKER, Circuit Judge:

The survivors of John R. Leichling sued Honeywell International, Inc., alleging that Mr. Leichling’s fatal lung cancer resulted from exposure to toxins during his employment at the Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland, where Honeywell operates a chemical manufacturing plant. Decades earlier, Honeywell began using chemical refuse to create a landmass on which the Marine Terminal later sat. The district court dismissed the suit pursuant to Maryland’s^…