Harrison v. Bill Cairns Pontiac of Marlow Heights, Inc.

ALPERT, Judge.

In this products liability case the appellants, Gina and Leonard Harrison, appeal rulings by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granting summary judgment for the defendants, Ford Motor Company and Bill Cairns Pontiac of Marlow Heights. Appellants contend that they produced sufficient evidence that a defect that existed in their 1978 Mercury Zephyr at the time of its manufacture by Ford caused a fire and resultant injuries to the plaintiffs some five years later. More specifically, they assert that:

The court improperly applied a plaintiff’s burden of demonstrating no…