Legal Opinion
Thorne v. Contee
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 1, 1989No. 44, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISHOP, Judge.
A Montgomery County jury awarded appellant Barbara G. Thorne (Thorne) damages in the amount of $500,000, jointly and severally, against appellees Lawrence J. Contee (Contee) and his employer, Alfred H. Smith, Jr. (Smith).
The case was tried on Thorne’s two-count Amended Complaint.
The first count alleges both negligence and gross negligence against Contee and prays both punitive and compensatory damages. The first count also alleges liability on the part of Smith for compensatory and punitive damages on the theory of respondeat superior. In the second count Thorne alleges…
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