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NAST v. LOCKETT

No. 91, September Term, 1987.

312 Md. 343 (1988)

539 A.2d 1113

EDWARD P. NAST ET UX. v. LOIS ANN LOCKETT ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Schulman, Baltimore, for appellants.

Joseph F. Lavin (Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie and Robert W. Fox, all on brief), Gertrude C. Bartel (Nancy Felix Mangan and Kramon & Graham, P.A., all on brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), Specially Assigned.

CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge, Specially Assigned.

This appeal revolves around the propriety of submitting to the trier of fact in an automobile accident case the allowance of punitive damages against a drinking driver.

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Three cars were involved in the accident. One was driven by Lois Ann Lockett, the second by Charles Carroll Houck, and the third by Edward P. Nast. About 8:30 p.m. on 17 February 1984, Lockett was heading south in the southbound lane...

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