Davis v. Dyncorp

CHASANOW, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to determine whether appellant’s “mental disease,” allegedly resulting from on-the-job harassment, “is due to the nature of an employment in which hazards of the occupational disease exist.” Maryland Code (1991 Repl.Vol.), Labor and Employment Article, § 9-502(d)(l)(i).1 For the following reasons, we hold that the disease alleged in the instant case is not due to the nature of appellant’s employment and, therefore, is not compensable under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act.

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In July of 1990, Appellant Robert L. Davis filed a claim with…