· 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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