May Department Stores Co. v. Harryman

MARVIN H. SMITH, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

We shall hold in this case that injuries sustained on a shopping mall parking lot by an employee of a store in that mall are covered by the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Hence, we shall affirm the decision of the Court of Special Appeals in May Dep’t Stores v. Harryman, 65 Md.App. 534, 501 A.2d 468 (1985).

The facts are not in dispute. Appellee, Muriel E. Harryman, at the time in question, was an employee of The May Department Stores Company. May operated a store at Golden Ring Mall in Baltimore County under the name of Hecht Company. On November 28,…