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FURR v. SPRING GROVE STATE HOSP.

No. 646, September Term, 1982.

53 Md. App. 474 (1983)

454 A.2d 414

HENRY R. FURR, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF KENNETH A. DAWSON ET AL. v. SPRING GROVE STATE HOSPITAL ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Murphy Jr., with whom were Welch, Murphy & Welch on the brief, for appellants.

Charles P. Goodnell, Jr., with whom were Semmes, Bowen & Semmes and Richard M. Barnes on the brief, for appellee Harris. Larry M. Waranch, with whom were William B. Whiteford and Whiteford, Taylor, Preston. Trimble & Johnston on the brief, for appellee Bartley. Submitted on brief by Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Randall M. Lutz and Judith K. Sykes, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee Spring Grove Hospital Center.

The cause was argued before LOWE, WEANT and ADKINS, JJ.

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

According to the Book of Genesis, God did not answer Cain's evasive question: "Am I my brother's keeper?". From that day to this man has individually sought to assume a moral responsibility to effect that purpose, but has consistently shied away from legally imposing such a responsibility. In Pope v. State, 284 Md. 309, 324-325 (1979)...

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