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SMELSER v. CRITERION INS. CO.

[No. 115, September Term, 1981.]

293 Md. 384 (1982)

444 A.2d 1024

WILLIE LEON SMELSER v. CRITERION INSURANCE COMPANY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided May 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Matricciani, with whom was Robert E. McManus on the brief, for appellant.

Amicus Curiae brief of The Coca-Cola Company filed. Francis B. Burch, Jr. and Charles P. Scheeler on the brief.

David D. Patton for appellee.

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

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

We shall here hold that Maryland Code (1957, 1972 Repl. Vol., 1975 Cum. Supp.) Art. 48A, § 543 (d) means precisely what it says when it specifies that personal injury protection benefits, which are commonly referred to as "PIP" benefits, under motor vehicle insurance policies are to be reduced to the extent that a recipient has recovered sums pursuant to the workmen's compensation laws of any state or the federal...

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