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· 12/1/1997

Stewart v. Hechinger Stores Company

Citations

  • 702 A.2d 946
  • 118 Md. App. 354
  • 1997 Md. App. LEXIS 179

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  • “Although we are aware of the often harsh consequences of Maryland’s common law doctrine of contributory negligence, and that it has been abandoned by a vast majority of states in favor of some form of comparative negligence, we are in no position summarily to do so.”

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Judges: Wenner, Byrnes, Alpert

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