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GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INS. CO. v. ROPKA

No. 496, September Term, 1987.

74 Md. App. 249 (1988)

536 A.2d 1214

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY v. FRANCES ROPKA, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL CHILCOAT ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Denied May 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel W. Whitney (David M. Buffington and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, on the brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

John R. Penhallegon (Smith, Somerville & Case, on the brief for appellee, Consolidated Rail Corp.), Baltimore, Richard H. Offutt, Jr. (Hoffman & Comfort, on the brief for appellee, Frances Ropka), Westminster, for appellees.

Argued before WEANT, ALPERT and ROBERT M. BELL, JJ.

ALPERT, Judge.

FACTS

On October 15, 1982, Michael Chilcoat and his wife and two daughters were killed in a tragic automobile accident. Michael Chilcoat was driving the automobile that was involved in an accident with a truck operated by Consolidated Rail Corporation (hereinafter "Conrail").

The personal representatives of the four decedents filed a wrongful death action against Conrail and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Those defendants...

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