RODRIGUES-NOVO v. RECCHI AMERICA, INC.

No. 11, Sept. Term, 2003.

846 A.2d 1048 (2004)

381 Md. 49

Joao RODRIGUES-NOVO, et al. v. RECCHI AMERICA, INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

April 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Fenster (Stein, Sperling, Bennett, DeJong, Driscoll & Greenfeig, P.C., on brief), Rockville, for appellants.

Andrew Butz (Carolyn Israel Stein and Keith M. Bonner of Bonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata, on brief), Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, and GREENE, JJ.


BATTAGLIA, J.

We have been asked in this case to determine whether, under the provisions of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act, the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority (hereinafter "WMATA") was a "statutory employer" of Joao Rodrigues-Novo and, thus, immune from tort liability. This case comes to us by a Certified Question from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, Maryland...

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