Legal Opinion
Wyatt v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 7, 1985No. 72, September Term, 1985PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Chief Judge.
Ray B. Wyatt 1 attempted in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County to make an end run around the Workmen’s Compensation Act’s statutory employer provisions 2 so as to maintain an action of negligence against Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepeo). Wyatt’s efforts failed in the circuit court (Levin, J.). Undaunted by that defeat, Wyatt has carried the fray to this Court where he again endeavors to avoid the statutory barrier.
The Facts
Wyatt was employed by Johnson Control, Inc., which had been hired by Pepeo as subcontractor to perform certain revamping and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Honaker v. W. C. & A. N. Miller Development Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Lessley v. Kansas Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1951
- Honaker v. W. C. & A. N. Miller Development Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- State v. City of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- John G. MacMullen v. South Carolina Electric & Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Brady v. Ralph Parsons Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
- Lathroum v. Potomac Electric Power Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
- Henderson v. Dresser Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1987