Montgomery Mutual Insurance v. Chesson

This appeal arises from a final judgment in a workers’ compensation matter in which a jury in the Circuit Court for Howard County returned a verdict in favor of respondents and against the Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church and Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company. Respondents claimed that they each had sustained an accidental injury or occupational disease, known as “sick building syndrome,” 1 arising out of and in the course of their employment, due to exposure to toxic mold. The issue presented in this case is whether the Circuit Court abused its discretion by…