Murphy v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.

*196 Davidson, J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part:

In these cases, both of which deal with the status of injured parties who were trespassers, the majority refuses to abolish the common law distinctions in a landowner’s or occupier’s duty toward an invitee, licensee, or trespasser. Consequently, the majority refuses to apply the traditional principles of negligence, including the standard of reasonable care under all the circumstances, to trespassers. I respectfully dissent.

As long ago as 1959, the United States Supreme Court recognized the decreasing viability of the common law approach…