Legal Opinion
Strong v. Prince George's County
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 9, 1988No. 214, September Term, 1988PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WENNER, Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether an employer is entitled to obtain full reimbursement from a third party tort-feasor for amounts paid to its employee by order of the Worker’s Compensation Commission, absent specific proof that the injuries for which compensation was paid were the result of the tort-feasor’s negligence. We shall answer that question in the negative, and reverse the decision of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County which held to the contrary.
On March 24, 1983, Raymond F. Gheen, a Prince George’s County Police Officer, was injured when an…
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