ROWLEY v. CITY OF BALTIMORE

No. 34, September Term, 1985.

305 Md. 456 (1986)

505 A.2d 494

CATHERINE ROWLEY v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Marshall (Henry L. Belsky and Schlachman, Potler, Belsky & Weiner, P.A., on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

William R. Phelan, Jr., Asst. City Sol., for Baltimore City (Benjamin L. Brown, City Sol. for Baltimore City, James L. Prichard, Asst. City Sol. for Baltimore City on brief), Baltimore, for appellees.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, COUCH and McAULIFFE, JJ.


McAULIFFE, Judge.

The interesting question raised by this appeal is whether one who engages an independent contractor may be liable to an employee of that contractor for injuries causally related to a defective condition of the premises resulting from the negligent failure of the contractor to accomplish the repairs he was directed and empowered to make by the terms of the contract. We hold that under the facts in this case there is no liability.

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