Marable v. Robinson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Joseph Rosenzweig, J.

Plaintiff moves for a jury trial of factual questions that arose during a hearing to determine whether a defense of Statute of Limitations should be equitably estopped. The motion appears to raise questions of first impression in this jurisdiction.

This is an action in negligence to recover for personal injuries arising out of an accident in Maryland, in 1974, between a news truck and an automobile, driven by the *97defendant Robinson and owned by the defendant Gadsen, in which the plaintiff Marable was a passenger.

Marable alleges the following history:…