EVANS v. MORSELL

[No. 166, September Term, 1977.]

284 Md. 160 (1978)

395 A.2d 480

JOSEPH EVANS v. JAMES ROBERT MORSELL T/A FAIRFIELD LIQUORS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Mazelis for appellant.

Robert K. Nead for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


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

We issued a writ of certiorari in this case in order to consider the principles applicable to an action against an employer based upon the alleged negligent hiring or retention of an employee.

The plaintiff Joseph Evans brought this action for compensatory and punitive damages for personal injuries which he sustained as a result of being shot by a bartender in a tavern owned by the defendant. The plaintiff...

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