JOHNSON v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

No. 45, September Term, 2012.

61 A.3d 33 (2013)

430 Md. 368

Felix L. JOHNSON, Jr., Deceased v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Bekman ( Katharine O. Porwick of Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, L.L.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for petitioner.

William R. Phelan, Jr. , Chief Solicitor and Herbert Burgunder, Jr. , Special Principal Counsel ( George A. Nilson , City Solicitor, and Minda F. Goldberg , Chief Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, BARBERA, McDONALD and DALE R. CATHELL (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


BARBERA, J.

The Maryland Workers' Compensation Act allows the surviving dependents of a firefighter who died from an occupational disease to collect both pension and workers' compensation benefits after the firefighter's death, up to the amount of what had been the firefighter's weekly salary. Md.Code (1999, 2008 Repl.Vol., 2012 Supp.), § 9-503(e) of the Labor and Employment Article.1 This policy has been in effect since October 1...

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