FOUCHE v. MASTERS

No. 123, September Term, 1980.

47 Md. App. 11 (1980)

420 A.2d 1279

BARBARA FOUCHE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES WILSON FOUCHE, JR. ET AL. v. RUTH ARLENE MASTERS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided October 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad W. Varner, with whom was W. Berkeley Mann, Jr., on the brief, for appellant Fouche. Clater W. Smith, Jr., for appellant Ridings.

John Wheeler Glenn, with whom were Edwin F. Nikirk and O'Connor, Preston, Glenn & Smith, P.A. on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MOORE, LOWE and WILNER, JJ.


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

In this automobile negligence case arising out of a head-on collision, a jury awarded $50,000 damages to an injured passenger against both the host driver and the personal representative of the driver of the second car who died of injuries sustained in the crash. On appeal, the host driver maintains that the trial court (Barrick, J.) erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict because (a) he was faced with an...

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