Section 6-401 - Survival of actions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 6-401. Survival of actions.
 

(a)  At law.- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a cause of action at law, whether real, personal, or mixed, survives the death of either party. 

(b)  Slander.- A cause of action for slander abates upon the death of either party unless an appeal has been taken from a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff. 

(c)  In equity.- A right of action in equity survives the death of either party if the court can grant effective relief in spite of the death. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 1; art. 75, §§ 15A, 15B; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1; 1988, ch. 359.]