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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect July 1, 1986.
Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 374

(Senate Bill 864)

AN ACT concerning

Actions for Wrongful Death - Occupational Diseases -

Limitations

FOR the purpose of providing that, in addition to existing

provisions, the period of limitations for filing an action
for wrongful death does not begin to run until the date the
dependents of the injured person knew or reasonably should
have known of the wrongful act, whichever is later; an
exception for a death caused by an occupational disease to
the general statute of limitations for filing an action for
wrongful death; providing that the statute of limitations
for filing an action for wrongful death caused by an
occupational disease shall begin to run from the date of
discovery of certain facts; defining a certain term; and
generally relating to the statute of limitations for filing
an action for wrongful death caused by an occupational
disease.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 3-904(g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, As a matter of fundamental fairness, a cause of
action should not be deemed to have accrued until the date that
knowledge of the wrong upon which the action is based is
discovered or should be discovered; and

WHEREAS, Enactment of this section will provide full
protection to the dependents of persons who have died as the
result of the wrongful act of another; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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