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MATTHEWS v. U.S.

No. 86-2592.

825 F.2d 35 (1987)

Betty MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America; William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Daniel Gallagher (Cynthia A. Raposo; Gill & Sippel, Rockville, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter M. Semel, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Larry D. Adams, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., Dennis Boyle, Law Clerk, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and ANDERSON, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the defendant, the United States of America, is immune from suit in this action because it is a statutory employer within the meaning of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act. The district court concluded that the United States did qualify as a statutory employer and granted summary judgment for the defendant. We reverse.

Plaintiff, Betty J. Matthews, initiated this action against the United States...

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