Murphy v. Edmonds

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 *347the issue of punitive damages was properly submitted to the jury.

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This action arose from an accident occurring on December 14, 1987, on Interstate 83 in Baltimore County, Maryland. At the time of the accident, the plaintiff Sarah Murphy was driving her automobile southbound on 1-83, and the…