Schmerling v. Injured Workers' Insurance Fund

BATTAGLIA, Judge.

This case requires us to consider a novel question of law with respect to the Maryland Wiretap Act, Maryland Code (1974, 1998 Repl.Vol., 2000 Supp.), § 10-401, et. seq., of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article. Specifically, this Court is tasked to decide whether the recording equipment utilized by the respondent, Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (“IWIF”), to monitor and record incoming and outgoing calls constituted “telephone equipment ... or a component thereof,” -within what is commonly known as the “telephone exemption” of the Maryland Wiretap Act. If IWIF’s…