ELLSWORTH v. SHERNE LINGERIE, INC.

No. 130, September Term, 1984.

303 Md. 581 (1985)

495 A.2d 348

ELIZABETH HORTON ELLSWORTH v. SHERNE LINGERIE, INC., ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. King, Rockville, for appellant.

Samuel J. DeBlasis, II, Upper Marlboro (O'Malley, Miles, McCarthy & Harrell, Upper Marlboro, on the brief), for appellee, Sherne Lingerie, Inc.

William M. Nickerson, Baltimore (Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Trimble & Johnston, Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee, Cone Mills Corp.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY and McAULIFFE, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired, Specially Assigned).


McAULIFFE, Judge.

This products liability case presents two issues for review. The first involves instructions given on the subject of product misuse in a claim of strict liability in tort. The second involves the admissibility of reports offered as public records, or as material customarily relied upon by experts in the field in forming the basis of an opinion.

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