Wankel v. A&B Contractors, Inc.

HOLLANDER, Judge.

This complex tort case arises from a gas explosion that destroyed one home and damaged another in a Gaithersburg subdivision known as “the Kentlands.” The explosion spawned litigation involving multiple parties and a host of claims, cross-claims, and third party claims.

Early on the morning of January 21, 1994, Mary J. Wankel, appellant, and her fiancé, Daniel I. Wilcox, appellant, were sleeping in the upstairs bedroom of Wankel’s home, located at 110 Beckwith Street, when they were awakened by an explosion. Wilcox ran to the landing on the second floor and discovered that the…