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LINTON v. LINTON

No. 57, September Term, 1980.

46 Md. App. 660 (1980)

420 A.2d 1249

NAOMI LINTON v. CHARLES LINTON.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Stahl, with whom was Morton Edelstein on the brief, for appellant.

James K. Carmody, with whom were Serio, Carmody, Nichols & Childs on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MORTON and MOORE, JJ.

GILBERT, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal asks that we review the aged, if not antiquated, doctrine of interspousal immunity in motor vehicle negligence cases. Why, it inquires, is an action grounded in negligence so disruptive to a marriage as to preclude as a matter of public policy the bringing of the case, while a suit involving property or contract is not deemed to shake the foundations of the...

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