Ramsey v. D.P.A. Associates
Court of Appeals of Maryland
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This case does not come within the comment of Chief Judge Sobeloff in Hickory Transfer Co. v. Nezbed, 202 Md. 253, 263, 96 A. 2d 241 (1953), quoted by Judge Finan in Blankenship v. Wagner, 261 Md. 37, 39, 273 A. 2d 412 (1971), that “the plaintiffs proved too much and too little.” Rather, the situation here is that the plaintiff proved too little. It is another glass door case. 1
It all began on May 22, 1968, when plaintiff Michael S. Ramsey, then four years old, visited an aunt and played tag with a cousin and a little boy who lived next to his aunt. Michael’s father, Owen D. Ramsey, brought…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Commissioners of Marion County v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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- Fowler v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Hickory Transfer Co. v. NezbedCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1953
- Lee v. Housing Auth. of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
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