D.C. v. SINGLETON

No. 77, September Term, 2011.

41 A.3d 717 (2012)

425 Md. 398

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. Wayne SINGLETON, et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied May 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General ( Irvin B. Nathan , Atty. Gen. for the District of Columbia, Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, Mary L. Wilson , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., and David L. Hyden , Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Washington, D.C.), on brief, for Petitioner.

Gerald I. Holtz , Rockville, MD, for Respondents.

Thomas W. Farrington , Maryland Association of Justice, Inc., Kensington, MD, for Amicus Curiae brief of Maryland Association of Justice, Inc.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA, ALAN M. WILNER, (Retired, Specially Assigned) and DALE R. CATHELL, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


HARRELL, J.

On 20 June 2008, Respondents Wayne Singleton and his eight-year-old son, Jaron, were passengers in a westbound bus on Route 50 in Prince George's County. At a certain point during that journey, the bus left the travel-portion of Route 50 and became "airborne." Singleton, asleep at that time, and Jaron, awake but non-comprehending, could not explain the cause for the bus leaving the road, although Singleton woke-up in time to witness the bus landing in...

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