GRIFFITH v. SOUTHLAND CORP.

No. 1314, September Term, 1991.

94 Md. App. 242 (1992)

617 A.2d 598

DAVID GRIFFITH v. THE SOUTHLAND CORPORATION.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

December 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith R. Siskind (Forman & Steinhardt, P.A., on the brief), Glen Burnie, for appellant.

J. Paul Mullen, Stacey H. Schoenfeld and Lord & Whip, P.A., Baltimore, for amicus curiae, Maryland Ass'n of Defense Trial Counsel.

Gary I. Strausberg, Randall D. Getz, and Janet Strausberg, for amicus curiae, Maryland Trial Lawyers' Association.

William A. Franch (Ronald H. Jarashow, Robert R. Smith and Franch & Jarashow, P.A., on the brief), Annapolis, for appellee.

Argued before ALPERT, BLOOM, ROSALYN B. BELL, CATHELL and HARRELL, JJ.


ALPERT, Judge.

This case is about a police officer who, when placed in a position of peril during the performance of his duties protecting patrons on a business premises, asked an employee of that business to summon aid. The appellee urges that its employee had no such duty. Under the circumstances of the case sub judice, we disagree.

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