MONTGOMERY COUNTY v. WADE

No. 7, Sept. Term, 1996.

690 A.2d 990 (1997)

345 Md. 1

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland v. Pamela J. WADE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Joseph, Assistant County Attorney (Charles W. Thompson, Jr. County Attorney; Joann Robertson, Senior Assistant County Attorney, all on brief), Rockville, for Petitioner.

Alan B. Gross (Berman, Sobin & Gross, on brief), Gaithersburg, for Respondent.

Martha L. Handman, Gaithersburg, Amicus Curiae, for Fraternal Order of Police, Montgomery County Lodge 35, Inc.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and RAKER, JJ., and ROBERT C. MURPHY, Judge (retired), Specially Assigned.


KARWACKI, Judge.

The principal issue presented in this case is whether an injury sustained by an off-duty police officer while operating a patrol vehicle for personal purposes as permitted by departmental regulations is compensable under the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act. Specifically, Petitioner, Montgomery County, seeks to classify the injury suffered by Respondent, police officer Pamela Wade, as falling without the contemplation of Maryland Code (1991 Repl...

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