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FIELDS v. MORGAN

No. 519, September Term, 1977.

39 Md. App. 82 (1978)

382 A.2d 1099

ROGER FIELDS v. ALFRED S. MORGAN.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 9, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Johnson for appellant.

Jonathan L. Spear, with whom were Joel M. Savits and Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON, MOORE and COUCH, JJ.

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

Few phrases in the law have caused more confusion than the phrase "res ipsa loquitur."1 The truth of this statement is aptly demonstrated by the present case.

On June 28, 1974, the appellant, Roger Fields, sustained personal injuries when the car in which he was riding crashed into a tree. Fields instituted suit in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County claiming the...

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