Court of Special Appeals of Maryland June 29, 2012, No. 536 (Dixon v. Ford Motor Co.)

MATRICCIANI, J.

On July 1, 2008, Joan Dixon and her husband, Bernard Dixon, brought suit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against corporations involved in the manufacturing and distribution of products containing asbestos, including Ford Motor Company, the Georgia-Pacific Corporation (“GP”), Honeywell International, Inc., and the Union Carbide Corporation (“UCC”). Following Mrs.