WRIGHT v. NEALE

No. 919, September Term, 1988.

79 Md. App. 20 (1989)

555 A.2d 518

FLETCHER L. WRIGHT, ET AL., v. ALVIN MORRIS NEALE, ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted July 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Claxton, Rockville, for appellants, Rev. and Mrs. Fletcher L. Wright.

Mary S. Akerley and Sasscer, Claggett, Channing & Bucher, on the brief, Upper Marlboro, for appellant, Allstate Ins. Co.

Benjamin S. Vaughan (Armstrong, Donohue & Ceppos, Chartered, on the brief), Rockville, for appellees.

Argued before ROSALYN B. BELL and WENNER, JJ., and JAMES S. GETTY, Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned.


JAMES S. GETTY, Judge, Retired, Specially Assigned.

The single issue presented by this appeal is whether an action for negligent entrustment of a motor vehicle may be maintained against one of two co-owners of the vehicle. The trial court ruled that titling the automobile in joint names precluded the action. We disagree.

On August 25, 1985, Alvin Neale drove a Mercedes sedan, owned by Neale and his wife Margaret, across the center line of Allentown Road in...

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