FORD MOTOR CO. v. GENERAL ACCIDENT INS. CO.

No. 100, Sept. Term, 2000.

779 A.2d 362 (2001)

365 Md. 321

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, t/o/u and t/u/o Montrose Towing Service a/k/a International Motors, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. McCauley (Marina M. Sabett, Christina L. Gaarder, of Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

Anthony D. Dwyer (Law Offices of Anthony D. Dwyer, on brief), Rockville, for Respondent.

Hugh F. Young, Jr., Products Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Joel Dewey, Jeffrey M. Yeatman, Anthony M. Conti, Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe LLP, on brief of Amicus Curiae for Appellant.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL and BATTAGLIA, JJ.


HARRELL, Judge.

On 5 August 1995, International Motors, Inc., trading as Montrose Towing (Montrose or Respondent), purchased a tow truck from Elzenheimer Chevrolet. The tow truck had been created by Elzenheimer by adding necessary components to a 1995 Ford F-350 base chassis cab truck that Elzenheimer had purchased from a Ford dealership. Respondent insured the truck with General Accident Insurance Company (General Accident). On 19 August 1997, the tow truck caught...

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