MARTINEZ v. LOPEZ

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Kenneth Armstrong, Rockville (Donahue, Ehrmantraut & Montedonico, Chartered, Rockville, on the brief), for appellant.

Amici curiae brief of The Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc. and The Product Liability Advisory Counsel, Inc. filed; Edward S. Digges, Jr., Robert Dale Klein and Michael T. Wharton, Baltimore, on the brief. Of Counsel: William H. Crabtree, Vice-President and General Counsel and Edward P. Good, Senior Atty., Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., Detroit, Mich., and Piper & Marbury, Baltimore.

Amicus curiae brief of Maryland Trial Lawyers Association filed; Robert R. Michael, Rockville, on the brief.

Harlow R. Case, Washington, D.C. (Jack H. Olender, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellees.

Amicus curiae brief of Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland filed; Ward B. Coe, Jr., E. Dale Adkins, III and Anderson, Coe & King, Baltimore, on the brief.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.