Legal Opinion
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Bowen
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 7, 1984No. 1595, September Term, 1983PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOYLAN, Judge.
In this case, we are called upon to decide the proper allocation of the burden of proof in a handicap discrimination case.
The appellant, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B & 0), appeals from the decision by the Circuit Court for Baltimore City affirming a ruling by the State Commission on Human Relations, dated June 9, 1981, that B & 0 had unlawfully discriminated against the appellee, Robert L. Bowen, by refusing to hire him as a railroad carman helper because of a physical handicap, in violation of Md.Ann. Code Art. 49B, § 16 (1957, 1979 Repl.Vol.).
In September, 1977, B &…
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