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Maryland Torts & Personal Injury cases
Leading Maryland appellate opinions on torts & personal injury, ranked by how often later courts cite them. Showing the top 250.
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Most-cited torts & personal injury cases
Beatty v. Trailmaster Products, Inc.330 Md. 726 (1993) · cited 234×Heat & Power Corp. v. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.320 Md. 584 (1990) · cited 207×Tucker v. Fireman's Fund Insurance308 Md. 69 (1986) · cited 193×Lockshin v. Semsker412 Md. 257 (2010) · cited 180×State v. Albrecht336 Md. 475 (1994) · cited 165×Berkey v. Delia287 Md. 302 (1980) · cited 141×Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Zenobia325 Md. 420 (1992) · cited 139×Ashton v. Brown339 Md. 70 (1995) · cited 138×Condon v. State332 Md. 481 (1993) · cited 118×Nesbit v. Government Employees Insurance382 Md. 65 (2004) · cited 117×Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co.302 Md. 383 (1985) · cited 114×Mayor of Baltimore v. Chase360 Md. 121 (2000) · cited 113×Poffenberger v. Risser290 Md. 631 (1981) · cited 113×Jacques v. First National Bank307 Md. 527 (1986) · cited 102×Hartford Insurance v. Manor Inn of Bethesda, Inc.335 Md. 135 (1994) · cited 100×Henley v. Prince George's County305 Md. 320 (1986) · cited 94×Ashburn v. Anne Arundel County306 Md. 617 (1986) · cited 94×Attorney General v. Johnson282 Md. 274 (1978) · cited 94×Faya v. Almaraz329 Md. 435 (1993) · cited 92×State v. Roll and Scholl267 Md. 714 (1973) · cited 90×Peterson v. Underwood258 Md. 9 (1970) · cited 90×Barbre v. Pope402 Md. 157 (2007) · cited 88×Okwa v. Harper360 Md. 161 (2000) · cited 87×Batson v. Shiflett325 Md. 684 (1992) · cited 87×Beahm v. Shortall279 Md. 321 (1977) · cited 87×Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Gartelman288 Md. 151 (1980) · cited 86×DiPino v. Davis354 Md. 18 (1999) · cited 85×Fowler v. Smith240 Md. 240 (1965) · cited 85×Adamson v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.359 Md. 238 (2000) · cited 84×Clea v. Mayor of Baltimore312 Md. 662 (1988) · cited 84×Murphy v. Edmonds325 Md. 342 (1992) · cited 83×James v. Prince George's County288 Md. 315 (1980) · cited 83×Dashiell v. Meeks396 Md. 149 (2006) · cited 80×Witte v. Azarian369 Md. 518 (2002) · cited 80×Goodwich v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.343 Md. 185 (1996) · cited 80×State Center, LLC v. Lexington Charles Ltd. Partnership438 Md. 451 (2014) · cited 79×Remsburg v. Montgomery376 Md. 568 (2003) · cited 79×Frederick Road Ltd. Partnership v. Sturm360 Md. 76 (2000) · cited 78×RRC Northeast, LLC v. BAA Maryland, Inc.413 Md. 638 (2010) · cited 77×Brewer v. Mele267 Md. 437 (1972) · cited 77×Walzer v. Osborne395 Md. 563 (2006) · cited 76×Phipps v. General Motors Corp.278 Md. 337 (1976) · cited 76×People's Counsel v. Surina400 Md. 662 (2007) · cited 75×Lovelace v. Anderson366 Md. 690 (2001) · cited 74×Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore359 Md. 101 (2000) · cited 74×Oxtoby v. McGowan294 Md. 83 (1982) · cited 74×Neuenschwander v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission187 Md. 67 (1946) · cited 74×Scott v. Watson278 Md. 160 (1976) · cited 73×Davidson v. Miller276 Md. 54 (1975) · cited 73×Rosenblatt v. Exxon Co., U.S.A.335 Md. 58 (1994) · cited 72×Radman v. Harold279 Md. 167 (1977) · cited 72×Neusbaum v. State156 Md. 149 (1928) · cited 72×Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Lane338 Md. 34 (1995) · cited 71×Livesay v. Baltimore County384 Md. 1 (2004) · cited 70×Katz v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission284 Md. 503 (1979) · cited 70×D'AOUST v. Diamond424 Md. 549 (2012) · cited 68×Coffey v. Derby Steel Co.291 Md. 241 (1981) · cited 68×Prince George's County v. Blumberg288 Md. 275 (1980) · cited 68×Harris v. Jones281 Md. 560 (1977) · cited 68×Casey v. Roman Catholic Archbishop217 Md. 595 (1958) · cited 68×MPC, Inc. v. Kenny279 Md. 29 (1977) · cited 67×Abeokuto v. State391 Md. 289 (2006) · cited 66×Sharrow v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance306 Md. 754 (1986) · cited 66×Bobo v. State346 Md. 706 (1997) · cited 64×Flaherty v. Weinberg303 Md. 116 (1985) · cited 64×Bradshaw v. Prince George's County284 Md. 294 (1979) · cited 64×Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Riverdale Heights Volunteer Fire Co.308 Md. 556 (1987) · cited 63×Harrison v. Montgomery County Board of Education295 Md. 442 (1983) · cited 63×Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Ex Rel. Castranda194 Md. 421 (1974) · cited 63×Clay v. State211 Md. 577 (1957) · cited 63×ATTORNEY GRIEV. COMM'N OF MARYLAND v. Powell328 Md. 276 (1992) · cited 62×Geisz v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center313 Md. 301 (1988) · cited 62×Martens Chevrolet, Inc. v. Seney292 Md. 328 (1982) · cited 62×H & R BLOCK, INC. v. Testerman275 Md. 36 (1975) · cited 62×Ager v. Baltimore Transit Co.213 Md. 414 (1957) · cited 62×Nelson v. Seiler154 Md. 63 (1927) · cited 62×Breslin v. Powell421 Md. 266 (2011) · cited 61×St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Pryseski292 Md. 187 (1981) · cited 61×Harden v. Mass Transit Administration277 Md. 399 (1976) · cited 61×Robinson v. Board of County Commissioners262 Md. 342 (1971) · cited 61×Victory Sparkler & Specialty Co. v. Francks147 Md. 368 (1925) · cited 61×Lloyd v. General Motors Corp.397 Md. 108 (2007) · cited 60×Banegura v. Taylor312 Md. 609 (1988) · cited 60×Wilhelm v. State of Maryland Traffic Safety Commission230 Md. 91 (1962) · cited 59×Smith v. Bernfeld226 Md. 400 (1961) · cited 59×Public Service Commission v. Patuxent Valley Conservation League300 Md. 200 (1984) · cited 58×St. Paul at Chase Corp. v. Manufacturers Life Insurance262 Md. 192 (1971) · cited 58×Stewart v. United Electric Light & Power Co.104 Md. 332 (1906) · cited 58×Deford v. State ex rel. Keyser30 Md. 179 (1869) · cited 58×Rios v. Montgomery County386 Md. 104 (2005) · cited 57×Shoemaker v. Smith353 Md. 143 (1999) · cited 57×Southland Corp. v. Griffith332 Md. 704 (1993) · cited 57×Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. Kenney323 Md. 116 (1991) · cited 57×Boblitz v. Boblitz296 Md. 242 (1983) · cited 57×Board of Trustees v. John K. Ruff, Inc.278 Md. 580 (1976) · cited 57×Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Gardiner Dairy Co.107 Md. 556 (1908) · cited 57×Philip Morris Inc. v. Angeletti358 Md. 689 (2000) · cited 56×Rose v. Fox Pool Corp.335 Md. 351 (1994) · cited 56×Ryan v. Thurston276 Md. 390 (1975) · cited 56×Hahn v. Claybrook130 Md. 179 (1917) · cited 56×Dehn v. Edgecombe384 Md. 606 (2005) · cited 55×Lee v. Cline384 Md. 245 (2004) · cited 55×Muthukumarana v. Montgomery County370 Md. 447 (2002) · cited 55×McCullough v. Wittner314 Md. 602 (1989) · cited 55×Pierce v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.296 Md. 656 (1983) · cited 55×Jacron Sales Co. v. Sindorf276 Md. 580 (1976) · cited 55×White v. King244 Md. 348 (1966) · cited 55×Wilson v. John Crane, Inc.385 Md. 185 (2005) · cited 54×Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong326 Md. 107 (1992) · cited 54×Slate v. Zitomer275 Md. 534 (1975) · cited 54×Smith v. Gray Concrete Pipe Co.267 Md. 149 (1973) · cited 54×Kelly v. Huber Baking Co.145 Md. 321 (1924) · cited 54×Biro v. Schombert285 Md. 290 (1979) · cited 53×Isen v. Phoenix Assurance Co.259 Md. 564 (1970) · cited 53×Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad v. Kimmey141 Md. 243 (1922) · cited 53×Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Garrett343 Md. 500 (1996) · cited 52×Nizer v. Phelps252 Md. 185 (1969) · cited 52×Sun Cab Company, Inc. v. Cusick209 Md. 354 (1956) · cited 52×Morris v. Osmose Wood Preserving340 Md. 519 (1995) · cited 51×Liscombe v. Potomac Edison Co.303 Md. 619 (1985) · cited 51×Harig v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.284 Md. 70 (1978) · cited 51×Keitz v. National Paving & Contracting Co.214 Md. 479 (1957) · cited 51×Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc. v. Scherpenisse187 Md. 375 (1946) · cited 51×Davis v. State183 Md. 385 (1944) · cited 51×Valentine v. on Target, Inc.353 Md. 544 (1999) · cited 50×K & K Management, Inc. v. Chul Woo Lee316 Md. 137 (1989) · cited 50×Austin v. Mayor of Baltimore286 Md. 51 (1979) · cited 50×Mayor of Baltimore v. State Ex Rel. Blueford173 Md. 267 (1937) · cited 50×Farley v. Allstate Insurance355 Md. 34 (1999) · cited 49×Scott v. Jenkins345 Md. 21 (1997) · cited 49×A.J. Decoster Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.333 Md. 245 (1994) · cited 49×Schweitzer v. Brewer280 Md. 430 (1977) · cited 49×Sard v. Hardy281 Md. 432 (1977) · cited 49×Aravanis v. Eisenberg237 Md. 242 (1965) · cited 49×Harper v. Higgs225 Md. 24 (1961) · cited 49×McCormick v. St. Francis De Sales Church219 Md. 422 (1959) · cited 49×Greenfeld v. Hook177 Md. 116 (1939) · cited 49×Pittway Corp. v. Collins409 Md. 218 (2009) · cited 48×Richwind Joint Venture 4 v. Brunson335 Md. 661 (1994) · cited 48×Stone v. Chicago Title Insurance330 Md. 329 (1993) · cited 48×A. S. Abell Publishing Co. v. Mezzanote297 Md. 26 (1983) · cited 48×Bramble v. Thompson264 Md. 518 (1972) · cited 48×Waldman v. Rohrbaugh241 Md. 137 (1966) · cited 48×Kantor v. Ash215 Md. 285 (1958) · cited 48×Eisenhower v. Baltimore Transit Co.190 Md. 528 (1948) · cited 48×Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Rx Rel. Schriefer183 Md. 674 (1944) · cited 48×Towson University v. Conte384 Md. 68 (2004) · cited 47×Brooks v. Lewin Realty III, Inc.378 Md. 70 (2003) · cited 47×Todd v. Mass Transit Administration373 Md. 149 (2003) · cited 47×Goodwich v. Nolan343 Md. 130 (1996) · cited 47×United States Gypsum Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore336 Md. 145 (1994) · cited 47×Lamb v. Hopkins303 Md. 236 (1985) · cited 47×Connor v. State225 Md. 543 (1961) · cited 47×Strasburger v. Vogel103 Md. 85 (1906) · cited 47×Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. TKU Associates281 Md. 1 (1977) · cited 46×Walston v. Sun Cab Co.267 Md. 559 (1973) · cited 46×Kujawa v. Baltimore Transit Co.224 Md. 195 (1961) · cited 46×Potts v. Armour & Co.183 Md. 483 (1944) · cited 46×West Virginia Central & Pittsburg R. Co. v. State Ex Rel. Fuller96 Md. 652 (1903) · cited 46×Zappone v. Liberty Life Insurance349 Md. 45 (1998) · cited 45×Popham v. State Farm Mutual Insurance333 Md. 136 (1993) · cited 45×Ritchie v. Donnelly324 Md. 344 (1991) · cited 45×Surratt v. Prince George's County320 Md. 439 (1990) · cited 45×Ellsworth v. Sherne Lingerie, Inc.303 Md. 581 (1985) · cited 45×Wedeman v. City Chevrolet Co.278 Md. 524 (1976) · cited 45×State, Use of Taylor v. Barlly216 Md. 94 (1958) · cited 45×Peroti v. Williams258 Md. 663 (1970) · cited 44×Rodriguez v. Clarke400 Md. 39 (2007) · cited 43×Allstate Insurance v. Kyong Ho Kim376 Md. 276 (2003) · cited 43×Hecht v. Resolution Trust Corp.333 Md. 324 (1994) · cited 43×Boyer v. State323 Md. 558 (1991) · cited 43×Widgeon v. Eastern Shore Hospital Center300 Md. 520 (1984) · cited 43×Read Drug & Chemical Co. v. Colwill Construction Co.250 Md. 406 (1968) · cited 43×Tasea Investment Corp. v. Dale222 Md. 474 (1960) · cited 43×Merrifield v. C. Hoffberger Co.147 Md. 134 (1925) · cited 43×Gourdine v. Crews405 Md. 722 (2008) · cited 42×Creveling v. Government Employees Insurance376 Md. 72 (2003) · cited 42×Bd. of County Commissioners of Garrett Cty. v. Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.346 Md. 160 (1997) · cited 42×Hrehorovich v. Harbor Hospital Center, Inc.93 Md. App. 772 (1992) · cited 42×Pennwalt Corp. v. Nasios314 Md. 433 (1988) · cited 42×Berman v. Karvounis308 Md. 259 (1987) · cited 42×Vance v. Vance286 Md. 490 (1980) · cited 42×Mahnke v. Moore197 Md. 61 (1972) · cited 42×Consolidated Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Ball263 Md. 328 (1971) · cited 42×Cotham and Maldonado v. Board of County Commissioners260 Md. 556 (1971) · cited 42×Snowhite v. State, Use of Tennant243 Md. 291 (1966) · cited 42×Carr v. Watkins227 Md. 578 (1962) · cited 42×Brehm v. Lorenz206 Md. 500 (1955) · cited 42×Belle Isle Cab Co. v. Pruitt187 Md. 174 (1946) · cited 42×Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Phillips413 Md. 606 (2010) · cited 41×DeBusk v. Johns Hopkins Hospital342 Md. 432 (1996) · cited 41×Scroggins v. Dahne335 Md. 688 (1994) · cited 41×Wegad v. Howard Street Jewelers, Inc.326 Md. 409 (1992) · cited 41×Cox v. Prince George's County296 Md. 162 (1983) · cited 41×Leonhart v. Atkinson265 Md. 219 (1972) · cited 41×Jones v. Federal Paper Board Co.252 Md. 475 (1969) · cited 41×Hickory Transfer Co. v. Nezbed202 Md. 253 (1953) · cited 41×Warner v. Markoe171 Md. 351 (1937) · cited 41×Booth v. Robinson55 Md. 419 (1881) · cited 41×Sadler v. Dimensions Healthcare Corp.378 Md. 509 (2003) · cited 40×Bushey v. Northern Assurance Co. of America362 Md. 626 (2001) · cited 40×Waddell v. Kirkpatrick331 Md. 52 (1993) · cited 40×Wilde v. Swanson314 Md. 80 (1988) · cited 40×Brady v. Ralph Parsons Co.308 Md. 486 (1987) · cited 40×In Re Criminal Investigation No. 1-162307 Md. 674 (1986) · cited 40×Hamilton v. McAuliffe277 Md. 336 (1976) · cited 40×Moran v. Fabergé, Inc.273 Md. 538 (1975) · cited 40×Mattingly v. Hopkins254 Md. 88 (1969) · cited 40×Myers v. Montgomery Ward & Co.253 Md. 282 (1969) · cited 40×Charlton Bros. Transportation Co. v. Garrettson188 Md. 85 (1947) · cited 40×Gordon v. Opalecky152 Md. 536 (1927) · cited 40×Sloan v. Edwards61 Md. 89 (1883) · cited 40×Jones v. Mid-Atlantic Funding Co.362 Md. 661 (2001) · cited 39×Brown v. Dermer357 Md. 344 (2000) · cited 39×Sanders v. Williams209 Md. 149 (1996) · cited 39×Bartholomee v. Casey103 Md. App. 34 (1994) · cited 39×Belcher v. T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.329 Md. 709 (1993) · cited 39×Newell v. Richards323 Md. 717 (1991) · cited 39×Odenton Development Company v. Lamy320 Md. 33 (1990) · cited 39×Unkle v. Unkle305 Md. 587 (1986) · cited 39×Council of Co-Owners Atlantis Condominium, Inc. v. Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.308 Md. 18 (1986) · cited 39×Hill v. Fitzgerald304 Md. 689 (1985) · cited 39×Duren v. State203 Md. 584 (1969) · cited 39×JACOBSON, T/A CHECKER CAB ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Julian246 Md. 549 (1967) · cited 39×Liberto v. Holfeldt221 Md. 62 (1959) · cited 39×Miller v. Graff196 Md. 609 (1951) · cited 39×Bloom v. Good Humor Ice Cream Co.179 Md. 384 (1941) · cited 39×Langenfelder v. Thompson179 Md. 502 (1941) · cited 39×Holler v. Lowery175 Md. 149 (1938) · cited 39×Taxicab Co. of Balto. v. Emanuel125 Md. 246 (1915) · cited 39×Green v. T. A. Shoemaker & Co.111 Md. 69 (1909) · cited 39×Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. Hogeland66 Md. 149 (1886) · cited 39×Smith v. Danielczyk400 Md. 98 (2007) · cited 38×Crane v. Dunn382 Md. 83 (2004) · cited 38×West v. Belle Isle Cab Co.203 Md. 244 (2001) · cited 38×Dobbins v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission338 Md. 341 (1995) · cited 38×Davis v. Dipino337 Md. 642 (1995) · cited 38×Forbes v. Harleysville Mutual Insurance322 Md. 689 (1991) · cited 38×Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc.304 Md. 124 (1985) · cited 38×Lovellette v. Mayor of Baltimore297 Md. 271 (1983) · cited 38×Godwin v. County Commissioners256 Md. 326 (1970) · cited 38×Conklin v. Schillinger255 Md. 50 (1969) · cited 38×Butz v. State221 Md. 68 (1959) · cited 38×Ford v. Bradford213 Md. 534 (1957) · cited 38×Maszczenski v. Myers212 Md. 346 (1957) · cited 38×University of Maryland v. Maas173 Md. 554 (1938) · cited 38×Benedick v. Potts88 Md. 52 (1898) · cited 38×Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Saville418 Md. 496 (2011) · cited 37×BOARD OF ED. OF BALTIMORE CTY. v. Zimmer-Rubert409 Md. 200 (2009) · cited 37×Pendleton v. State398 Md. 447 (2007) · cited 37×