Morris Ex Rel. Morris v. Williams

Once again this term we are asked to review a trial court’s direction of a verdict for a defendant whose automobile struck a child. On our review of the particular facts we conclude that the case was correctly classified as a “dart-out”, and the trial court’s action must be affirmed.

Appellee, Prince Edward Williams, was driving west on Chase Street in Baltimore on October 10, 1966. It was about 5:30 p.m. and he was proceeding on this straight, level street at a rate five to ten miles per hour below the twenty-five mile per hour speed limit. A school with a fenced playground occupied the…