Opinion ID: 2395601
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Heading: Facts of Accident

Text: This declaratory judgment action arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on Monday, August 2, 1993, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Daniel C. Seeman (Daniel), then age fourteen, was a passenger in the 1986 Pontiac Grand Am owned and being driven by Seeman, his father. At the time of the accident, Seeman and Daniel were proceeding westbound on U.S. Route 50 in the vicinity of its intersection with Jones Station Road. The Seeman automobile was following a 1989 Chevrolet automobile, operated by William Metcalfe (Metcalfe). When Metcalfe's car slowed to a stop in response to traffic stopping in front of him, Seeman's car struck Metcalfe's vehicle in the rear. As a result of the accident, Daniel sustained personal injuries that required medical care and treatment.