SHORT v. WELLS

[No. 171, September Term, 1967.]

249 Md. 491 (1968)

240 A.2d 224

SHORT, ADM'X, ETC. v. WELLS AND NIBBLETT, ADM'RS OF THE ESTATE OF BENJAMIN THOMAS WELLS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton J. Owrutsky, with whom was Herman E. Perdue on the brief, for appellant.

Submitted on brief by Sanford & Bolte and Porter, Cullen & Clark, for appellees.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and HORNEY, MARBURY, McWILLIAMS and FINAN, JJ.


HORNEY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented by the appeal in this tort action — arising out of the impact that followed when an automobile skidded across a highway and struck a utility pole — is whether the trial court correctly held that there was insufficient evidence of negligence on the part of the driver to warrant submission of the case to the jury. We think the court erred.

The plaintiff-appellant is Myrtle Wells...

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