Lobbyists debate contributory negligence 

Posted: 7:27 pm Wed, March 2, 2011
By Steve Lash
Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer

ANNAPOLIS — Representatives from about 25 businesses and municipalities pressed a House committee Wednesday to approve legislation to codify Maryland’s common-law ban on plaintiffs in personal injury cases from recovering damages if they were partially at fault. Meanwhile, a trio of plaintiffs’ attorneys told the House Judiciary Committee that the current, court-created, absolute defense of “contributory ...