FREDERICK v. SHANKLE

No. 1281, Sept. Term, 1999.

765 A.2d 1008 (2001)

136 Md. App. 339

CITY OF FREDERICK, et al. v. Donald W. SHANKLE.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McAuliffe (Quinn, McAuliffe & Rowan on the brief), Rockville, for appellants.

Kenneth M. Berman (Diane K. Poling and Berman, Sobin & Gross, LLP on the brief), Gaithersburg, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SALMON and THIEME, JJ.


SALMON, Judge.

Under Maryland Workers Compensation law, state and municipal police officers (and others) who have heart disease that results in partial or total disability are entitled to a presumption that they have a compensable occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty. See Md.Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. ("LE") § 9-503 (1999 Repl.Vol. & Supp.2000).1 The presumption...

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