Wittel v. Baker
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
September Term, 1970.]
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
The question before us is whether Md. Code, Art. 67, § 4 (b) (Acts 1969, ch. 352, § 1 b) is to be.applied prospectively or retrospectively. We hold that it applies only to those actions brought pursuant to Code, Art. 67, § 1 in which the death of a wrongfully killed spouse or minor child occurred on or after 1 July 1969.
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The statutory law of this State, in derogation of the common law, enables an action at law to be maintained against a person or vessel causing the death of a person by wrongful act, neglect or default. Code, Art. 67, § 1; McKeon v. State, ex rel Conrad, 211 Md. 437. Such…
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