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CARTER v. SENATE MASONRY, INC.

No. 334 Sept. Term, 2002.

846 A.2d 50 (2004)

156 Md. App. 162

Preston CARTER v. SENATE MASONRY, INCORPORATED.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

April 6, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Walker (McNamee, Hosea, Jernigan, Kim, Greenan & Walker, P.A., on the brief), Greenbelt, for Appellant.

Susan S. Muller (Paul Bensch, on the brief), Owings Mills, for Appellee.

Panel: MURPHY, C.J., DAVIS, HOLLANDER, JAMES R. EYLER, SONNER, KENNEY, DEBORAH S. EYLER, ADKINS, KRAUSER, BARBERA and SHARER, JJ.

SONNER, Judge.

This appeal concerns the legal doctrine of "last clear chance." Preston Carter accused an employee of Senate Masonry, Incorporated ("Senate") of negligently harming him at a construction site. A jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County accepted that accusation, but found Carter negligent as well. Nonetheless, it awarded Carter damages, with the apparent belief that the Senate employee had the last clear chance to avoid the injury, and his...

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