Roberts v. Montgomery County

The present case presents itself in the Workers’ Compensation context, as Thaddus Roberts, Petitioner, a paid firefighter employed by Montgomery County, Respondent, filed a claim pursuant to the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act, 1 alleg ing that he was injured in an accident that occurred when he was leaving the Washington Capital Beltway on his motorcycle, on his way from physical training at Friendly High School, located in Fort Washington, to Fire Station 19, in Silver Spring.

The operative facts are largely undisputed 2 and are derived from Mr. Roberts’s affidavit filed in support of his…