Legal Opinion
Giant Food, Inc. v. Ice King, Inc.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 9, 1988No. 754 September Term, 1987PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Chief Judge.
“Words,” Justice Frankfurter said, “are clumsy tools, and it is very easy to cut one’s fingers with them.” 1 The question we must answer in this appeal is whether the appellants cut their fingers on their own words.
A jury in the Circuit Court for Howard County (Fischer, J.) decided that Giant Food, Inc., and two of its employees, George Knippen and William Hendricks, had, by their words and actions, negligently misrepresented certain facts to Ice King, Inc., and Richard Epple. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Ice King in the amount of $182,265.00 and $1.00 for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Glanzer v. . ShepardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Jacques v. First National BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Impala Platinum Ltd. v. Impala Sales (U.S.A.), Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- International Products Co. v. Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Martens Chevrolet, Inc. v. SeneyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Remsburg v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- Sass v. AndrewCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- Weisman v. ConnorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- Dewey v. VOLKSWAGEN AGDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2008
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