PICCHIO, ADM'X v. SCRUGGS

[No. 556, September Term, 1966.]

247 Md. 574 (1967)

234 A.2d 133

PICCHIO, ADM'X OF THE ESTATE OF JULIA DORSEY v. SCRUGGS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Dross, with whom were Saul M. Schwartzbach and David M. Wortman on the brief, for appellant.

Kevin J. McCarthy, with whom was Charles E. Channing, Jr., for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and HORNEY, MARBURY, OPPENHEIMER, McWILLIAMS, FINAN, JJ., and RUTLEDGE, J., Associate Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, specially assigned.


PER CURIAM:

The trial judge, finding no primary negligence, directed a verdict for the defendant motorist in a suit by the administratrix to recover damages for the estate of the deceased, a pedestrian who was struck while walking across the street. The administratrix claims here that the questions of primary negligence and contributory negligence were both for the jury to determine. We disagree.

The plaintiff produced a police officer who arrived at the scene...

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