Murphy, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court. Davidson, J., dissents and filed a dissenting opinion at page 463, infra. The issue in this case is whether the common law doctrine of contributory negligence should be judicially abrogated in Maryland and the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in its place as the rule governing trial of negligenc…
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