Legal Opinion
Montgomery County v. Valk Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 6, 1989No. 45, September Term, 1988PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKWELL, Judge.
When Dr. Srinivasa Rangaswamy entered Great Falls Road in his Toyota, he was immediately and fatally struck by an oncoming dump truck. In addition to chest injuries from the collision, his head was punctured by a snow plow arm which extended outward from the front of the truck. His family sued both the manufacturer of the snow plow and the truck owner who had used the plow without its blade. Because the court found that Rangaswamy was contributorily negligent in causing the accident, his family could not recover on its negligence claim against the truck owner who had used the…
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