Workplace injuries are a fact of modern life and many workers get injured on the job every day in Maryland. But most workers, even those in high-risk fields, do not spend a lot of their free time preparing personal game-plans for what to do if they get hurt on the…
In our practice handling serious car accident cases, we regularly spar with insurance companies over the conditions for “independent” medical exams where an insurance company hires a doctor – usually a doctor they have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to over the years – to testify for them. Some…
The Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided a worker’s compensation case today involving former Redskins punter Tom Tupa. The case addresses the issue of where a comp claim arises for a player who played in Maryland at FedEx field but practiced in Virginia. Plaintiff was injured practicing before a game…
The Maryland Court of Appeals issued a 5-2 decision this morning in a workers’ compensation case, WalMart v. Holmes. The Plaintiff in this Baltimore City case sought to collect permanent partial disability benefits under the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act on behalf of his wife, who died of causes unrelated to…
In Darby v. Marley Cooling, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals considered the question of whether an employee that prevailed before the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission may file an “intent to participate” in a Circuit Court appeal and raise objection to the rest of the Commission’s decision or whether the…
On Thursday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals decided a workers’ compensation case in Montgomery County, Maryland in Montgomery County v. Willis. This case involves an interpretation of the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act regarding when an injured worker can appeal a decision from the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a request…
Many of our Maryland accident lawyers’ clients were injured in a car accident while on the job. This means the plaintiff has three accident claims under Maryland law: PIP, third party liability, and workers’ compensation. Generally, a Maryland accident lawyer wants to present the PIP claim before the workers’ compensation…
Click on the link for Maryland’s monthly and weekly Maryland Workers’ Compensation schedules. Our lawyers handle Maryland workers compensation cases where there is a significant injury or death with a potentially culpable third party.
The Maryland Retailers Association got a $276,268 check from IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance. Why is a workers’ compensation insurance company – the largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Maryland – paying this retailers association? The payment is a group safety dividend check for controlling losses and preventing workplace injuries…
Workers’ Compensation Section of the Maryland Association for Justice (formerly the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association) will present a “beyond the basics” on Maryland’s workers’ compensation seminar on November 11, 2008 at 1:00p.m.-4:30p.m. at Sheraton City Center on 101 W. Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The topics of this Maryland workers’…