Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Mazda Motor Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided February 2, 1989No. Civ. PN-87-2203PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
NIEMEYER, District Judge.
In this case the Court is presented with the question whether the limitation of $350,000 that is imposed by Maryland on personal injury awards for noneconomic damage (such as for pain and suffering) violates the constitutions of the United States and Maryland.
On May 13, 1987, Barbara Lynn Franklin was driving to work on the Capital Beltway around Washington, D.C. (Interstate 495) in her 1982 Mazda automobile when she heard a hissing noise inside her car. As she began to pull her car over onto the highway shoulder, she suddenly felt an ex tremely hot…
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