American Motorists Insurance v. ARTRA Group, Inc.

CHASANOW, Judge.

This case arises out of a declaratory judgment action commenced by American Motorists Insurance Company (“American Motorists”) against ARTRA Group, Inc. (“ARTRA”) in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on April 29, 1992. The facts underlying the commencement of that declaratory judgment action are as follows.

In 1980, Sherwin-Williams Company (“Sherwin-Williams”) purchased from ARTRA a paint manufacturing factory located in Baltimore City on Hollins Ferry Road (the “Hollins Ferry *564Site”).1 After the sale, the Maryland Department of the Environment required that Sherwin-Williams…