Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. v. Keane

ADKINS, Judge.

The age limitation set forth in § 3-904(e)(l) of Maryland’s Wrongful Death Act 1 states that solatium damages may be recovered by parents of a deceased person if that person was a child “21 years old or younger.” We shall decide in this case whether that section allows respondents Michael E. and C. Patricia Keane (“the Keanes”) to recover for the wrongful death of their son, Gregory Thomas Keane, who was 21 years, 7 months, and 28 days old on the day he died. Petitioners Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation and Curnell McKinley Crockett (for convenience, both hereinafter…