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BRADY v. PARSONS CO.

No. 96, September Term, 1990.

327 Md. 275 (1992)

609 A.2d 297

EILEEN MARIE BRADY, ET AL. v. RALPH M. PARSONS COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Blondell, Jr., argued and on brief (Edward T. Pinder and William J. Blondell, Jr., Chartered, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioners.

Edward C. Mackie, argued and on brief (Paul J. Weber, Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie, on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, JJ., and CHARLES E. ORTH, Jr., Judge of the Court of Appeals (retired), Specially Assigned, and BRUCE C. WILLIAMS, Chief Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Maryland, Specially Assigned.

McAULIFFE, Judge.

At common law an employee could sue his employer for negligence in failing to use reasonable care to provide a safe workplace. The employer-defendant could assert the defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk. In 1914 Maryland passed its first workers' compensation law, providing compensation to employees and their dependents for accidental injuries which arose out of and in the course of employment. This compensation scheme involves...

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