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SPOTO v. WASH. MET. AREA TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 1265, September Term, 1981.

52 Md. App. 424 (1982)

449 A.2d 1187

NELSON SPOTO ET AL. v. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided September 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Bierbower for appellant Spoto. W. Barry Wraga for appellant Continental Casualty Company, with whom were William H. Clarke and Galiher, Clarke, Martell & Donnelly on the brief, for appellants.

Warren D. Stephens, with whom were Kevin J. McCarthy and O'Malley, Miles, Farrangton & McCarthy on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MOORE, LOWE and LISS, JJ.

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

The question presented here is whether the Circuit Court for Prince George's County (Femia, J.) correctly granted summary judgment for the appellee-defendant in a personal injury suit on the ground that a federal six-month period of limitations applied, and not Maryland's three-year statute. We find error and vacate the judgment.

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Nelson Spoto, an architect, was injured on January 14, 1976, while working...

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