Hastings v. Mechalske

BELL, Judge.

We granted certiorari to consider when a supervisory coemployee may avoid liability to an injured employee under the Workers’ Compensation Act (“the Act”), Maryland Code (1957, 1985 Repl.Vol.) Article 101, §§ 1 to 102.1 Specifically, we are asked whether the respondent, Steven L. Mechalske, the supervising foreman on the worksite, is entitled, by virtue of section 58 of the Act, to the immunity of the supervisory coemployee and, thus, may avoid liability to the petitioner, Ronald Hastings,2 a worker at the site, who was injured by another worker on the site acting pursuant to the…