Legal Opinion
Chalmers v. Willis
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 5, 1967No. [No. 383, September Term, 1966.]PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OppEnheimer, J.,
delivered the majority opinion of the Court. Hammond, C. J., and Horney, and Finan, JJ., dissent. Dissenting opinion by Hammond, C. J., at page 388, infra.
We are called upon to decide whether a friend, who accompanies a learning driver with only a learner’s permit for the purpose of giving the driver instruction and help in learning to drive, must be held, as a matter of law, to have assumed the risk of injury in an accident in which no other vehicle and no unexpected emergency was involved and in which the only ex*382planation given of the accident was the conduct of the driver.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gibson v. BEAVER AND SOUTHERN STATES HOWARD COUNTY PETROLEUM COOP., INC.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- Bull Steamship Lines v. FisherCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1950
- Roberts v. CraigCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Powers v. State Ex Rel. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
- Baltimore Co. v. State, Use of KeenanCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Poole v. Coakley & Williams Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
- Kasten Construction Co. v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Buchanan v. GalliherCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Miller v. MichalekCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Hooper v. MouginCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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