STALEY v. BD. OF EDUC. OF WASH. CO.

No. 30, September Term, 1986.

308 Md. 42 (1986)

517 A.2d 349

JOY M. RENEHAN STALEY ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Wantz (Kaylor & Wantz, on the brief), Hagerstown, for appellants.

Russell R. Marks (Mackley, Gilbert & Marks, on the brief), Hagerstown, for appellees.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ., and MARVIN H. SMITH, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), Specially Assigned.


COUCH, Judge.

We are here concerned with the obligation of an employer and its insurer to pay legal fees to a claimant's attorney under the Workmen's Compensation statute.

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The facts in this case are not in dispute. Joy M. Renehan Staley, the appellant (claimant), was a school teacher employed by the Board of Education of Washington County. During the course of her employment, she fractured her hip. The Workmen's Compensation Commission (Commission...

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