Smith v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This opinion addresses two questions involving limitations in the context of the law of products liability-occupational disease. The questions have been certified to us by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland pursuant to the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, Md.Code (1974, 1984 Repl.Vol.), §§ 12-601 to -609 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (Courts Article). The first question essentially asks how § 58 of the Maryland workers’ compensation act affects limitations. Md. Code (1957, 1979 Repl.Vol., 1984 Cum.Supp.), Art. 101, § 58…