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BLANCHFIELD v. DENNIS

[No. 46, September Term, 1981.]

292 Md. 319 (1982)

438 A.2d 1330

HELENA E. BLANCHFIELD v. LEWIS H. DENNIS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Oakley and Marvin Ellin, with whom were Jonathan Schochor and Ellin & Baker on the brief, for appellant.

Amicus curiae brief and reply brief of Maryland Trial Lawyers' Association filed. Robert R. Michael and George W. Shadoan on the brief.

H. Thomas Howell and John H. Mudd, with whom were Semmes, Bowen & Semmes on the brief, for appellee.

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

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

We here decide that, upon request, jurors in a personal injury case must be instructed that any damages they may award are not subject to state and federal income taxes.

In this medical malpractice suit, instituted in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County, the jury determined respondent Dr. Lewis H. Dennis to be liable to petitioner Helena E. Blanchfield for misdiagnosing that she suffered from terminal...

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