RHEE v. COMBINED ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 841, September Term, 1987.

74 Md. App. 214 (1988)

536 A.2d 1197

CHU S. RHEE v. COMBINED ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted June 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher K. Mangold (Joseph H. Koonz, Jr. and Koonz, McKenney & Johnson, on the brief) Landover, for appellants.

Patrick J. Attridge (Bromley, Brown & Walsh, on the brief) Rockville, for appellee.

Argued before WEANT, ROSALYN B. BELL and KARWACKI, JJ.


ROSALYN B. BELL, Judge.

The issue before us is a relatively narrow one: Whether the announced policy of the forum court precludes a suit by a spouse in a tort action, brought in the domicile state, when suit would have been permitted in the state in which the tort occurred. The Circuit Court for Montgomery County concluded that the law of the forum should apply. We conclude otherwise based on the circumstances of this case. We will explain.

The facts are relatively...

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