LEONARD v. SAV-A-STOP SERVICES

[No. 21, September Term, 1980.]

289 Md. 204 (1981)

424 A.2d 336

RICHARD ALAN LEONARD ET AL. v. SAV-A-STOP SERVICES, INCORPORATED ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Sisk, with whom were Rasin & Sisk and Susanne Hayman Schmoldt on the brief for appellant Richard Alan Leonard; David M. Williams on the brief for Mary Jane Weikel, other appellant.

M. King Hill, Jr., with whom were Jon H. Grube and Smith, Somerville & Case 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.

The Maryland Workmen's Compensation Act does not give immunity to a worker against claims for damages based on injury or death tortiously caused to a co-worker in the course of their employment. Motor vehicle liability insurance policies of employers, in force in Maryland, routinely exclude coverage of the tortfeasor-worker in such cases.1 Appellant, Richard Alan Leonard (Leonard), faces...

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