Athas v. Hill

SMITH, Judge.

In this case, we are faced with the question of whether Maryland Code (1957, 1979 Repl.Vol., 1983 Cum.Supp.) Article 101, § 58 authorizes an employee to sue a supervisory coemployee for negligently discharging the employer’s duty to provide a safe place to work. We conclude that supervisory coemployees may be subject to liability only for negligently breaching a duty of care which they personally owe to the employee. Therefore, we shall affirm the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals in Athas v. Hill, 54 Md.App. 293, 458 A.2d 859 (1983).

Robert Lee Hill was employed as a chef…