SARAH MURPHY ET VIR
v.
RICHARD ANDRE EDMONDS ET AL.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 7, 1992.
February 7, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Philip O. Foard (George W. White, Jr., Jay D. Miller, White, Mindel, Clarke & Foard, all on brief) Towson, for petitioners/cross respondents.
Michael Maher, Orlando, Fla., amicus curiae for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Paul D. Bekman, Scott R. Scherr, Baltimore, John J. Sellinger, Rockville, amicus curiae for the Maryland Trial Lawyers Ass'n.
Robert P. O'Brien (Marc K. Sloane, Niles, Barton & Wilmer, all on brief) Baltimore, for respondents/cross petitioners.
David M. Funk, Bryan D. Bolton, Stuart C. Axilbund, Shapiro and Olander, Baltimore, Stephen P. Carney, Gen. Counsel, amicus curiae for Medical Mutual Liability Ins. Soc. of Maryland.
H. Thomas Howell, Alan N. Gamse, Kathleen Howard Meredith, Scott D. Goetsch, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, amicus curiae for The National Ass'n of Independent Insurers and The Maryland Ass'n of Defense Trial Counsel.
Michael T. Wharton, David A. Roling, Wharton, Levin & Ehrmantraut, Annapolis, amicus curiae for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. and The Motor Vehicle Mfrs.' Ass'n of the U.S. of America, Inc.
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kathryn M. Rowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert A. Zarnoch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Annapolis, amicus curiae for State of Md.
Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and CHASANOW, JJ., and ERNEST A. LOVELESS, Jr., Administrative Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Md., and H. CHESTER GOUDY, Jr., Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Md., Specially Assigned.
Court of Appeals of Maryland.
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
The principal question in this case is whether Maryland's $350,000 statutory cap on noneconomic damages in personal injury actions, Maryland Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.), § 11-108 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, violates the Maryland Constitution.1 We must also decide whether the issue of punitive damages was properly submitted to the jury.
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