Case Name/Case #
Suburban Sanitary Commission 431-561-06
Appellant C ounsel/ Area of Law
Sharon A.A. Philips M. Celeste Bruce, Esq. v. Washington
(301) 345-7700 Employment/
Public Regulation
Judge/ Jurisdiction
J. James Lombardi Prince George’s County
Issues
Where an employee of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission was terminated for allegedly communicating with her elected representatives regarding her view on a bill pending before them, did the circuit court err in affirm- ing the termination? The case raises challenges under the Acardi doctrine alleging that the agency did not follow its own procedures in affecting the termination and also seeks to introduce evidence discovered after the decision of the administrative law judge.
Catapult Technology, Charles H. Carpenter, Esq. Nelson W. Rupp, Jr. Ltd. v. Paul Wolf, et al.
(202) 220-1507 Employment
432-00997-06
Montgomery County
Under the Maryland wage payment and collection law, the issue is whether an employer may lawfully refuse to pay an employee for accrued leave, if the employee does not provide the required amount of notice prior to resignation. The case turned on the Circuit Court’s ruling that “universal leave” - a combination of sick leave, personal leave and vacation time - qualified as “wages” under the Wage Payment and Collection Law.
Inek L. Dove v. Douglas M. Gross, Esq. Montgomery County (301) 948-0922
Board of Education Worker’s Compensation 433-01672-07
Terrance McGann Montgomery County
Whether a petition to reopen a workers’ compensation claim must include the basis of the change in disability status or whether it is sufficient in the petition to simply state that there has been a change in status and identify the new status. In this case, the trial court ruled that because steroid injec- tions were not mentioned in a petition to modify and there was allegedly merely “a bald allegation of temporary total disability,” the petition was not sufficient to toll the statute of limitations.
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