Hensley v. Rich

On July 10, 1972, at approximately 12:40 p.m., an automobile driven by the appellant, Frank Edward Hensley, struck and injured the nine-year-old appellee, Deborah S. Rich. She sustained a fractured leg. A jury in the Baltimore City Court found the appellant liable for negligence and rendered verdicts against him in favor of Deborah Rich and her parents, also appellees, in total amounts of $30,000. On this appeal, the appellant claims that two erroneous evidentiary rulings constituted reversible error:(1) He claims that the trial judge erroneously excluded testimony as to an out-of-court…