Legal Opinion
Myers v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 1, 1969No. [No. 210, September Term, 1968.]PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSingley, J.
In May 1966, Mr. Myers, a plaintiff below and an appellant here, purchased a rotary power mower from the defendant-appellee, Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. (Ward), which had been manufactured by the other defendant-appellee, MTD Products, Inc. (MTD). About a year later, while cutting the grass on a slope of his lawn, Mr. Myers slipped and fell; his foot found its way under the mower; and he was severely injured by the whirling blade.
Myers and his wife sued Ward and MTD in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. The declaration contained four counts directed against Ward and an identical…
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- Robert Fred Swearngin v. Sears Roebuck & Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1967
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