PINCHBECK v. BALTO. TANK LINES, INC.

[No. 363, September Term, 1969.]

258 Md. 211 (1970)

265 A.2d 238

PINCHBECK v. BALTIMORE TANK LINES, INC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 12, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Bernstein for appellant.

William A. Ehrmantraut, with whom were Edward C. Donahue and James P. Gleason on the brief, for appellees.

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


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

The appellees urge us to sustain the finding of the trial judge, Bowie, J., that the appellant, plaintiff below (Pinchbeck), although the favored driver on a boulevard, was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. While we have not yet gone that far, in the past we have recognized the possibility that the circumstances of some future case might require such a holding. Brown v. Ellis,

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