GMAC v. PETRILLO

[No. 272, September Term, 1968.]

253 Md. 669 (1969)

253 A.2d 736

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. PETRILLO

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Motion for rehearing filed June 30, 1969.

Denied July 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bowie Lillard for appellant.

William F. Hickey for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY and SMITH, JJ.


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

Punitive damages is the leitmotiv; the back-drop is an action in replevin. The victim (GMAC) exhorts us to set aside the award ($5,000) of the trial judge, Moorman, J., (sitting without a jury) charging that his action was clearly erroneous. GMAC has other complaints but, by comparison, they are de minimis.

In November 1965 the appellee (Petrillo), at the time a resident of California, bought a new Chevrolet...

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