SEARS v. B. AND O. RAILROAD

[No. 127, September Term, 1958.]

219 Md. 118 (1959)

148 A.2d 366

SEARS v. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Stark, with whom were Clark, Smith & Prendergast and Alfred M. Porth on the brief, for appellant.

John S. Stanley and J. Sarsfield Sweeny, with whom were Fenton L. Martin and Hershey, Donaldson, Williams & Stanley on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ., and OPPENHEIMER, Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, specially assigned.


OPPENHEIMER, J., by special assignment, delivered the opinion of the Court.

A negligence suit was filed by the appellant, the plaintiff below, against the appellee, for injuries sustained in a grade crossing collision between a truck which the appellant was driving and the appellee's locomotive. The appellant was later joined by the Indemnity Insurance Company of North America for its subrogated rights under the Workmen's Compensation Act. After the appellant presented...

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