Legal Opinion
Moodie v. Santoni
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 17, 1982No. [No. 54, September Term, 1981.]PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
We took this case to decide what we considered to be important public issues. However, without reaching such issues, we conclude that the Court of Special Appeals erred in its determination that the issue of contributory negligence here was not one for the jury. Accordingly, we shall be obliged to reverse the judgment of that court contained in Santoni v. Schaerf, 48 Md. App. 498, 428 A.2d 94 (1981).
The unfortunate set of circumstances here were fully related by Judge Moylan for the Court of Special Appeals. Mario Santoni died in July of 1972. His death was caused by hepatitis. Santoni was…
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