· 2/9/1968
Stokes v. Association of Independent Taxi Operators, Inc.
Citations
- 237 A.2d 762
- 248 Md. 690
- 1968 Md. LEXIS 694
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing a split of authority on the continued viability of the doctrine, but stating that any change in the rule must come from the General Assembly
- declining to change the interspousal immunity rule and noting that change, if any, would be left to Legislature
- declining to alter the common law rule governing interspousal immunity in tort actions
- declining to alter the common law rule governing interspousal immunity in tort actions
- suit against husband’s employer for injuries wife suffered while a paying passenger in taxicab driven by her husband
- “[I]f the rule is to be changed, the Legislature will have to do it.”
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Judges: Hammond, C.J., and Horney, Marbury, Barnes, Finan and Singley
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