NEAL v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

No. 127, Sept. Term, 1997.

700 A.2d 838 (1997)

117 Md. App. 460

Janet L. NEAL v. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Maryland, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Rothandler (J.E. Wingfield & Associates, P.C., on the brief), Washington, DC, for appellant.

Patricia L. Kane (Thomas J. Davis and Associates, Rockville, Barbara L. Holtz, Acting County Atty., Sean D. Wallace, Deputy County Atty. and John A. Bielec, Associate County Atty., Upper Marlboro, on the brief), for appellees.

Argued before MOYLAN, HOLLANDER and KENNEY, JJ.


HOLLANDER, Judge.

In this case, we must analyze the concept of voluntariness in deciding whether a recipient of social service benefits assumed the risk of falling when she walked on an icy sidewalk in order to keep a scheduled appointment with the Maryland Department of Social Services ("DSS"), rather than risk adverse consequences from missing the appointment. Janet L. Neal, appellant, brought a negligence action against Prince George's County and Palmer Park Condominium...

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