Murphy v. Board of County Commissioners

The personal injury damage suit of Christina L. Murphy against the Board of County Commissioners for Prince George’s County, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and Eugene Passero and Edmund Parreco, trading as Central Construction Company, was tried before a jury and Judge Samuel W. H. Meloy in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on October 14, 15, 16 and 19, 1970.

In the evening of October 19th the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. After a motion for a new trial was filed, heard and denied, judgment was entered in favor of the defendants against the…