Willis v. Curry

On Sunday, 16 June 1968, the appellee (Mrs. Curry), her six children, Henry DiStefano and his son (Junior) set out for Denton to go fishing in the upper reaches of the Choptank River. Along the way she became a casualty. Three years later a Queen Anne’s County jury awarded her $15,752.75, a verdict the trial judge, Turner, J., refused to disturb. From the ensuing judgment the appellant (Willis) has appealed, assigning as errors Judge Turner’s refusal to direct a verdict in his favor, his denial of a request for an instruction, and the admission of certain testimony. In our appraisal of the…