Legal Opinion
Ellsworth v. Sherne Lingerie, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 12, 1985No. 130, September Term, 1984PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*587McAULIFFE, Judge.
This products liability case presents two issues for review. The first involves instructions given on the subject of product misuse in a claim of strict liability in tort. The second involves the admissibility of reports offered as public records, or as material customarily relied upon by experts in the field in forming the basis of an opinion.
On February 25, 1980 Elizabeth Horton Ellsworth was severely burned when the flannelette nightgown she was wearing ignited as a result of its proximity to a front burner of her electric stove. By her original and amended declarations…
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