Haynie v. National Gypsum Corp.

ALPERT, Judge.

“Catch 22” 1 may have carved a niche in the annals of contemporary American literature, but it shall not have a counterpart in contemporary Maryland civil litigation. Samuel B. Haynie had his “Catch 22.” Having filed a claim for Worker’s Compensation, he decided to file a common law tort action against his employer, but was told by the courts that he could not pursue that action because of his Worker’s Compensation claim. When he attempted to pursue his Worker’s Compensation claim thereafter, he was told that he could not proceed with that claim because of the common law tort…