Legal Opinion
City of Frederick v. Shankle
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 4, 2001No. 24, Sept. Term, 2001PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILNER, Judge.
The issue before us in this workers’ compensation case is whether, when a police officer (or fire fighter) seeks compensation for heart disease as an occupational disease and relies on the presumption of compensability provided in Maryland Code, § 9-503 of the Labor and Employment Article (LE), a medical expert retained by the employer may be permitted to testify that stress from police work is never a factor in causing heart disease. The Circuit Court for Frederick County said “no,” the Court of Special Appeals said “no” (Frederick v. Shankle, 136 Md.App. 339, 765 A.2d 1008…
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