Legal Opinion
Brady v. Ralph M. Parsons Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 21, 1992No. 96, September Term, 1990PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McAULIFFE, Judge.
At common law an employee could sue his employer for negligence in failing to use reasonable care to provide a safe workplace. The employer-defendant could assert the defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk. In 1914 Maryland passed its first workers’ compensation law, providing compensation to employees and their dependents for accidental injuries which arose out of and in the course of employment. This compensation scheme involves certain trade-offs: employees and their dependents receive benefits according to a schedule which does not, however, include…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Kelley v. Howard S. Wright Construction Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1978
- Council of Co-Owners Atlantis Condominium, Inc. v. Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Rowley v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Charles A. Ries, III v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, A/K/A Amtrak National Railroad Passenger CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by35 opinions
- District of Columbia v. ColemanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- DeBusk v. Johns Hopkins HospitalCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1996
- Bd. of County Commissioners of Garrett Cty. v. Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- Schramm v. FosterDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2004
- Coleman v. Soccer Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2013
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