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TUCKER v. SHOEMAKE

No. 120, Sept. Term, 1998.

731 A.2d 884 (1999)

354 Md. 413

Gerald TUCKER et ux. v. Charles SHOEMAKE d/b/a Rio Vista Plaza.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied June 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas D. Cowie (T. Allen Mott, Cowie & Mott, P.A.; Joseph H. Ostad, Joseph H. Ostad, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for appellants.

Margaret Fonshell Ward (Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, on brief), Towson, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, RAKER, WILNER and CATHELL, JJ.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

In this personal injury case we hold that the defense known as the "Fireman's Rule" is not applicable.

I. Facts

Rio Vista Plaza is a privately owned trailer park community located in Lothian, Maryland. The appellee, Charles Shoemake (Shoemake), is the owner of Rio Vista Plaza. One of the four streets in the trailer park is Jeannie's Court. Within a few feet from this street and immediately in front of one of the trailer homes is...

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