Mealey's (December 6, 2016, 10:55 AM EST) -- BALTIMORE — Knowledge regarding the link between tobacco and lung cancer or the synergistic effects of tobacco and asbestos on the disease were not widely enough known to support defendants’ assumption of risk and contributory negligence defenses, a Maryland judge held Nov. 7 (In re: Baltimore City Asbestos Litigation, Henry Boston, et al. v. ACandS Inc., et al., No. 24-X-16000054, Md. Cir., Baltimore City)....