Downer v. Baltimore Cnty

Ashley N. Downer v. Baltimore County, Maryland Case No. 2498 September Term, 2017 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT – PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY – ENHANCED BENEFIT FOR “PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES” – “PARAMEDIC,” AS COMMONLY USED WHEN STATUTE WAS ENACTED IN 1987, INCLUDED AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act provides that a “public safety employee” who is injured and sustains a permanent partial disability compensable by less than 75 weeks of compensation is entitled to be paid benefits at an enhanced rate pursuant to Maryland Code (1991, 2016 Repl. Vol.), Labor and…