Walker v. Hall

The collision of two automobiles on a clear Saturday afternoon in November, 1969, spawned three separate tort actions involving multiple parties and claims. These suits were ultimately consolidated for a trial which commenced before a jury some six years later in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Brannan, J.), and consumed nine days. 1

The first party to file was Eleanore Ruth Walker, sole appellant here, then 58 years of age and the driver of a 1963 white Mercury Marauder. Her original declaration named as defendants the driver of a 1968 red Mustang, Dennis George Hall, then 18, and his…