Legal Opinion
South Down Liquors, Inc. v. Hayes
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 12, 1990No. 178, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
This appeal presents a single narrow question: where an employer/insurer has paid workers’ compensation benefits to an injured employee and the employee, pursuant to Md.Ann.Code art. 101, § 58, thereafter sues the party who caused the injury, can that third party compel the employer/insurer to join the action as a co-plaintiff on the ground that the employer/insurer is a “real party in interest”? Our answer is “no.”
The facts here are simple and undisputed. Roy Hayes, appellee, was employed as a delivery man by Chesapeake Bay Distributing Company. While in the course of…
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