Kahlenberg v. Goldstein

This is a motor vehicle tort case filed by a minor and her father. Judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, based upon a jury verdict, was reversed by the Court of Special Appeals. Because we conclude that the issues relating to negligent entrustment and assumption of the risk were properly submitted to the jury, we shall reverse.

The accident, which occurred on December 18, 1971, involved a single car. Lynn Kahlenberg (Plaintiff), then age 19, was a passenger. Lawrence Saul Goldstein (Lawrence), then age 20, was driving. 1 Lawrence is the son of Bernard M. Goldstein (Bernard), a member of the Bar…