OAKS v. CONNORS

No. 113, September Term, 1994.

339 Md. 24 (1995)

WILLIE JAMES OAKS ET AL. v. ANNA CONNORS ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Gallagher, Jr. (Neil J. MacDonald, DeCaro, Doran, Siciliano, Gallagher, Sonntag & DeBlasis, on brief), Lanham, Margaret Fonshell Ward (William J. Jackson, P.C. Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioners.

Phillips P. O'Shaughnessy (Phillips P. O'Shaughnessy, P.A., Joseph A. Miklasz and Stacy O'Neil, on brief), Glen Burnie, for respondents.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves an employer's liability to third parties for the negligent driving of its employee while en route to the employee's usual place of work in the employee's personal vehicle. We must also determine whether the statutory cap on noneconomic damages, codified as Maryland Code (1974, 1989 Repl.Vol.) § 11-108 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, is to be applied separately to the claim of an injured spouse and a loss...

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