Campbell v. State

These three suits were brought in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County to recover damages resulting from a collision of an automobile and a tractor-trailer, which occurred on a curve on Route 13 about three miles south of Pocomoke City. The automobile, a 1939 Buick sedan, was driven by Willard M. Dix, age 21, and he was accompanied by Roland J. Trader, owner of the car. They were civilian employees of the United States Coast Guard at Chincoteague, Virginia. Dix was killed and Trader was injured.

The first suit was brought in the name of the State of Maryland under Lord Campbell’s Act, Code…