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44 Md. App. 358

408 A.2d 1067

MacY v. Heverin

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided December 7, 1979

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · decided 1979-12-07

Relies on 44 Md. App. 304 - Jackson v. Housing Opportunities Commission

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Decided 1979-12-07

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Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently August 2019

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Lowe, J.,

¶1concurring.

¶2There is little about governmental immunity that is fair or just, but to immunize a volunteer fire company (as was done below and not appealed), but hold its volunteers liable as individuals, is so unjust that my sense of fair play compels *366a comment. I concur with the majority because it is the law, but my reaction to such law brings me in sympathy with Mr. Bumble’s reflections in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.

¶3I am also offended by the fact that here once again is an insurance company insuring an immune agency and I adopt here my reflections concurring in Jackson v. Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, 44 Md. App. 304 (1979), in that regard.

¶4But in the result here, as there, concur I must.

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