Board of Trustees of Fire & Police Employees Retirement System of Baltimore v. Powell

ALPERT, Judge.

In this appeal we must decide the quality of evidence necessary in a disability retirement case to prove a causal relationship between the contracting of hepatitis B and employment as an emergency medical technician. The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the hearing examiner erred in finding an injury to the claimant appellee arising out of and in the course of the actual performance of duty, as required by the Baltimore City Code, art. 22, § 33(1) (1983 Repl.Yol. and 1987 Cum.Supp.) (the “Code”).

Lenwood Powell began his employment with the Baltimore City Fire…