GLOBE AMERICAN CASUALTY CO. v. CHUNG

No. 1581, September Term, 1987.

76 Md. App. 524 (1988)

547 A.2d 654

GLOBE AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY v. BOO HYUN CHUNG, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BO HYUN CHUNG.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Barry Wraga (Galiher, Clarke & Galiher, on the brief), Rockville, for appellant.

George E. Meng (Greenan, Walker, Steuart & Meng, on the brief), Landover, for appellee.

Argued before MOYLAN, WILNER and ALPERT, JJ.


MOYLAN, Judge.

When a victim dies because of the tortious conduct of someone else, two entirely different types of claim may arise. One is a survival action commenced or continued by the personal representative of the deceased victim, seeking recovery for the injuries suffered by the victim and prosecuted just as if the victim were still alive. It is called a "survival action" in the sense that the claim has survived the death of the claimant. The other is a wrongful...

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