VANN v. WILLIE

[No. 148, September Term, 1977.]

284 Md. 182 (1978)

395 A.2d 492

ALTON VANN, SR. v. WILBUR WILLIE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel D. Hill, with whom were White, Mindel, Clarke & Hill and Lynn D. Tanner, Jr., on the brief, for appellant.

C. Russell Fields, with whom were Charles S. Keyes and Keyes & Simmons on the brief, for appellee Wilbur Willie. Austin W. Brizendine, Jr., with whom were Austin W. Brizendine and Brizendine & Brizendine on the brief, for appellee H.E. Koontz Creamery, Inc.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, LEVINE, ELDRIDGE, ORTH and COLE, JJ.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Court of Special Appeals in the instant case agreed with the trial court in holding that the appellant, while swimming in the Bush River in Harford County, could not recover for injuries received when he collided with a motorboat. Vann v. Willie, 38 Md.App. 49, 379 A.2d 411 (1977). The Court of Special Appeals, after determining that the...

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