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YOUNG v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY

No. 46, September Term, 1984.

303 Md. 182 (1985)

492 A.2d 1270

PHYLLIS YOUNG v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack F. McGarvey of Towson, and Charles S. Sandler of Baltimore (Hegarty and McGarvey of Towson, on the brief), for appellant.

G. Macy Nelson, Baltimore (Anderson, Coe & King, Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.

Re-Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY and McAULIFFE, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals (Retired), Specially Assigned.

RODOWSKY, Judge.

This case involves the exclusivity of the workers' compensation remedy as a defense to a damage suit. Appellant, Phyllis Young (Young), a workers' compensation claimant, allegedly attempted suicide because she had been examined by a psychiatrist who evaluated her condition at the request of the employer's insurer. She sued the insurer in tort for damages on theories of negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Judgment was for the...

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