DESIGN KITCHEN AND BATHS v. LAGOS

No. 82, Sept. Term, 2003.

882 A.2d 817 (2005)

388 Md. 718

DESIGN KITCHEN AND BATHS, et al. v. Diego E. LAGOS.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Forrester (Anthony J. Zaccagnini of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C., on brief), Baltimore, for Appellants.

Luiz R.S. Simmons (Auerbach & Simmons, on brief), Silver Spring, for Appellee.

Joshua N. Auerbach, Murnaghan Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore; Marielena Hincapie, Nat. Immigration Center, Oakland, CA; Rebecca Smith, Amy Sugimori, Nat. Employment Law Project, Olympia, WA, brief of Amici Curiae Public Justice Center, Nat. Employment Law Project, and Nat. Immigration Center.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE JJ.


BELL, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari in this case to decide the eligibility of an undocumented alien to receive workers' compensation pursuant to Maryland Code (1991, 1999 Repl. Vol.) Title 9 of the Labor and Employment Article, the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"), as a result of an injury sustained in the course of employment, which, except for the illegal resident status, would be compensable. The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission ("the...

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