Dawson v. Christopher

This is an appeal from a directed verdict for the defendant in a wrongful death case. The Circuit Court for Worcester County (Prettyman, J.) concluded that the facts of the case brought it into the long line of “dart-out” cases decided by this Court, since a basis of primary negligence was lacking.

The details of the incident giving rise to this action are simple and relatively undisputed. On May 18, 1967 Margaret Jeanette Brinsfield Christopher, the appellee, was driving her 1965 Chevrolet in a westerly direction on Morris Avenue in Federalsburg, Maryland. Morris Avenue is a residential…