Legal Opinion
Cierpisz v. Singleton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 27, 1967No. [No. 387, September Term, 1966.]PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcWilliams, J.
We are urged to say, for the first time, that the failure of a guest to make use of the seat belt provided by the host is, per se, evidence of contributory negligence.
On 25 July 1964 the appellant (Cierpisz) was 17 years old, single and the owner of a new Corvair. The appellee, Phyllis Kay Singleton (Phyllis), aged 19, was, at the time, his fiancée. It was about 7:30 P.M. when they left her home in Baltimore “to go for a ride.” At 9:30 they were in Harford County traveling east on the Jarrettsville Road, 19 feet wide, with shoulders 3 feet wide, and divided into two lanes by a white line. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bentzler v. BraunWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Kavanagh v. ButoracIndiana Court of Appeals · 1966
- Dashiell v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
- Garozynski v. DanielCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Co. v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Amend v. BellWashington Supreme Court · 1977
- Waterson v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Britton v. DoehringSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
- Kerby v. Abilene Christian CollegeTexas Supreme Court · 1973
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