Correctional Pre-Release System v. Whittington

MOYLAN, Judge.

The appellants, the Correctional Pre-Release System (the employer) and the Injured Worker’s Insurance Fund (the insurer), challenge an order issued by the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, affirming a Worker’s Compensation Commission Order in favor of the appellee, Preston Whittington. The appellants raise but one issue for our consideration on this appeal:

Are State employees who receive accident leave also eligible to receive temporary total disability benefits for the same period of time? 1

The facts are undisputed. On August 18,1994, the claimant suffered a work-related…