Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Wicomico County

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided March 12, 1979No. [No. 65, September Term, 1978.]PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, C. J.

Eldridge and Cole, JJ., dissent and Eldridge, J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Cole, J., concurs at page 584infra.

In Cooper v. Wicomico County, 278 Md. 596, 366 A. 2d 55 (1976) (Cooper I) we were asked to determine whether a supplemental award of workmen’s compensation to the appellant Cooper, which increased the amounts payable to him under a prior award for permanent total disability, unconstitutionally disturbed the contractual or other vested rights of the appellees — Cooper’s employer and the employer’s insurer. Because of deficiencies in the record, we remanded the case for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Subsequent Injury Fund v. PackCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  3. Gange Lumber Co. v. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Cooper v. Wicomico CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Dua v. Comcast Cable of Maryland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
  2. Workmen's Compensation Commission v. Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  3. Injured Workers' Insurance Fund v. Subsequent Injury FundCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2015
  4. Injured Workers' Insurance Fund v. Subsequent Injury FundCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2016
  5. Workmen's Compensation Commission v. Property & Casualty Insurance Guaranty Corp.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1988

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