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CANDELLA v. SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND

[No. 129, September Term, 1975.]

277 Md. 120 (1976)

353 A.2d 263

CANDELLA v. SUBSEQUENT INJURY FUND ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kent Leonnig, Special Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and H. George Meredith, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, on the brief, for Subsequent Injury Fund, part of appellees. Ronald A. Baradel, with whom were S. Kennon Scott and Hartman & Crain on the brief, for Friendship International Hotel and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, other appellees.

LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal concerns the admissibility of expert opinion in a workmen's compensation case offered by a nontreating psychiatrist whose testimony was based solely on a medical history furnished by the claimant. This evidence, admitted before the Workmen's Compensation Commission (the commission), led to an award in favor of the employee against appellees: the employer, the insurer and the Subsequent Injury Fund. On appeal...

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