Weinberg v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

This case presents the question whether a New York judgment in favor of a defendant in a New York wrongful death action bars a subsequent wrongful death action in Maryland. More particularly, the question presented is whether a New York judgment, dismissing a New York wrongful death action on the ground that at the time of death the decedent could not have maintained an action because barred by limitations, 1 bars a subsequent wrongful death action in Maryland.

The petitioner, Rose Weinberg (administratrix), is the widow of Albert Weinberg (decedent) and the administratrix of…