Legal Opinion
Owens Corning v. Walatka
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 25, 1999No. 385, September Term, 1998PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ADKINS, Judge.
This appeal involves two of six asbestos-related cases that were consolidated for trial before the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. At issue are the claims of Marian Walatka, surviving widow and personal representative of her deceased husband, Vernon Walatka, Sr., and the claims of Myrtle Adams, surviving widow of Bill Adams, and his co-personal representatives alleging injuries and death resulting from exposure to asbestos. 1 Mr. Walatka contracted the disease of mesothelioma (a type of cancer) from his exposure to asbestos and died at the age of seventy-four. Mr. Adams…
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