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JOHNSON v. MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE

Nos. 60, 77, September Term 2004.

874 A.2d 439 (2005)

387 Md. 1

Ernest A. JOHNSON v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY. Daniel T. Luster, Jr. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

May 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Bekman (Gregory G. Hopper, Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC, on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

William R. Phelan, Jr., Principal Counsel, Herbert Burgunder, Jr., Special Principal Counsel (Ralph S. Tyler, City Solicitor, on brief), for respondent.

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

GREENE, J.

The Legislature is often faced with balancing opposing interests and making difficult choices. This case discusses some of the lines drawn by the Legislature distinguishing workers' compensation benefits for firefighters as different than for their dependents. We are asked to decide the availability of dual benefits for dependents of firefighters who die from particular occupational diseases. That issue has been addressed and decided by the Legislature...

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