Myers v. Chief of Baltimore County Fire Bureau

Appellant was a Baltimore County firefighter drawing sick pay because unable to work due to a heart ailment. On October 14, 1960, more than nine months after appellant has sustained his heart attack, the Chief of the Fire Bureau informed him by letter that: (1) he had used all of the sick leave to wffiich he was entitled; (2) under the applicable Baltimore County personnel laws an employee should be removed from his job, if he has some permanent or chronic physical ailment or disability which prevents the proper performance of his duties; (3) the Fire Bureau physicians had determined that he…