Blogs from 2020

• Dec 10, 2020 Case Update: Recent Court of Appeals Decision on Employment Relationship
• Oct 29, 2020 Case Update: Court of Appeals Holds Date of a Claimant's Retirement is the Time of Last Exposure to Industrial Noise
• Sep 17, 2020 Case Update: Maryland Court of Appeals Adopts Daubert Standard for Admitting Expert Testimony in Rochkind v. Stevenson.
• Aug 28, 2020 Case Update: CSA clarifies meaning of "paramedic" for purposes of LE §9-628; holds that EMT's qualify as public safety employees entitled to enhanced PPD benefits.
• Jun 4, 2020 Case Update: Claimant's hernia not compensable as an occupational disease under Maryland Workers' Compensation Act.
• May 29, 2020 Case Update: Court of Appeals finds that Employee's settlement of his claims does not extinguish dependents' claims for death benefits.
• Apr 9, 2020 Case Update: CSA holds Circuit Court did not err in granting non-appealing party's request for an essential trial de novo and affirming that Claimant's injuries were compensable.
• Apr 9, 2020 Case Update: CSA holds that a Claimant's salary at the time of his retirement shall be used to calculate the LE 9-503(e)(2) offset.
• Mar 17, 2020 Case Update: Court of Special Appeals Holds that Obtaining a Medical Evaluation of Permanent Impairment Is Not a Prerequisite Prior to Filing a Request for Modification pursuant to LE §9-736 for Limitations Purposes