Soper v. Montgomery County

This case presents the question whether paid deputy sheriffs 1 are entitled to a presumption of compensable occu pational disease accorded to police officers under Maryland Code (1957, 1979 Repl. Vol.), Art. 101, § 64A. That section provides in pertinent part:

"(a) Any condition or impairment of health of any paid municipal, county, State, airport authority or fire control district, fire fighter or fire fighting instructor caused by lung diseases, heart diseases, or hypertension and any condition or impairment of health of any paid State, municipal, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning…