HOLY CROSS HOSP. v. NICHOLS

[No. 53, September Term, 1980.]

290 Md. 149 (1981)

428 A.2d 447

HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL OF SILVER SPRING, INC. ET AL. v. BETTY JEANNE (JACOBSEN) NICHOLS

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Clark, with whom were Rollins, Smalkin, Weston, Richards & Mackie on the brief, for appellants.

Amici curiae brief filed by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. and Travelers Insurance Co., Glenn C. Parker, Theodore B. Cornblatt, S. Woods Bennett and Smith, Somerville & Case on the brief.

Thomas L. Heeney, with whom were Robert C. Heeney and Heeney, Armstrong & Heeney on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, DIGGES, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON and RODOWSKY, JJ.


RODOWSKY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal presents a purely legal question under the Maryland Workmen's Compensation Act (the Act), Md. Code (1957, 1979 Repl. Vol., 1980 Cum. Supp.), Art. 101, §§ 1 through 102. It is whether a claimant may seek additional temporary total and permanent partial disability benefits when the petition to reopen the claim is filed within five years from the date of last payment by the employer or insurer of...

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