Legal Opinion
Neale v. Wright
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 5, 1991No. 50, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
In this case a husband and wife together purchased an automobile at a time when the husband was excluded from the liability insurance policy on the vehicle under the named driver exclusion provision of the Insurance Code, Maryland Code (1957, 1986 Repl.Vol., 1990 Cum.Supp.), Art. 48A, § 240C-1. The principal issue is whether the joint ownership under these circumstances constituted “negligent entrustment” by the wife.
The case was decided in the trial court on the wife’s motion for summary judgment. The relevant facts, for purposes of summary judgment, were set forth in the…
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- Frye v. FryeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
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