Spoto v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

The question presented here is whether the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County (Femia, J.) correctly granted summary judgment for the appellee-defendant in a personal injury suit on the ground that a federal six-month period of limitations applied, and not Maryland’s three-year statute. We find error and vacate the judgment.

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Nelson Spoto, an architect, was injured on January 14, 1976, while working for an architectural firm on a Metro site in Prince George’s County. The employer’s insurer, Continental Casualty Company (CNA) paid him workers’ compensation benefits between February 1976…