Beatty v. Trailmaster Products, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that a trial court “makes rulings as a matter of law, resolving no disputed issues of fact”
• explaining that to defeat a motion for summary judgment, the opposing party must “proffer[ ] facts which would be admissible in evidence”
• holding inadmissible auto reconstruction expert’s opinion that height of bumper on truck was unreasonably dangerous, where height complied with industry standards and no scientific studies or emerging consensus supported opinion
• holding inadmissible auto reconstruction expert’s opinion that height of bumper on truck was unreasonably dangerous, where height complied with industry standards and no scientific studies or emerging consensus supported opinion
• noting that “[bjecause the Maryland summary judgment rule is derived from the federal rule, judicial interpretations of the federal rule are persuasive as to the meaning and proper application of the Maryland rule”
• noting that “in order to defeat a motion for summary judgment, the opposing party must show that there is a genuine dispute as to a material fact by proffering facts which would be admissible in evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).