Benjamin v. Union Carbide Corp.

JAMES R. EYLER, Judge.

On March 20, 2003, Elsie L. Benjamin, appellant, as surviving spouse and on behalf of Robert L. Benjamin II and Carol Jeffers, surviving children of Robert L. Benjamin, Sr., 1 and as personal representative of the estate of Robert L. Benjamin, Sr., the decedent, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against various defendants, including Georgia Pacific Corporation and Union Carbide Corporation, appellees. In appellant’s survival 2 and wrongful death actions, 3 appellant alleged that the decedent died on May 25, 1997, as a result of contracting mesothelioma…