Normally, Workers’ Compensation is not available in Maryland when an employee is injured during his or her regular commute to work. This concept is called the going-and-coming rule, based on the idea that a commute is not an action in the course of employment. Rather,...
Year: 2017
What is the most dangerous intersection in Maryland?
Based on a federal study, Time magazine says it is where Gwynns Falls Parkway and Reisterstown Road cross in Baltimore, according to Baltimore Patch. The second-most dangerous is in close proximity too, just outside of Philadelphia. Precarious by nature Of course,...
Possible suicide of Baltimore police could prevent death benefits
Last month, a veteran 43-year-old Baltimore police detective died after having been shot with his own official police weapon while investigating a triple homicide in the Harlem Park neighborhood. With 18 years of service behind him, the officer is survived by his wife...
Maryland wrongful death suits in fatal accident cases
Despite public campaigns promoting safer driving, terrible accidents happen far too often in Maryland, taking lives and leaving behind devastated loved ones. A quick look at recent Maryland media reveals: In October, a three-car accident in Westminster involving a...
Maryland Workers’ Compensation: Statutory employers
We represent injured Maryland construction workers in their Workers’ Compensation claims and in third-party lawsuits, where appropriate. Last month, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland decided an unpublished case that sheds light on issues that can arise in...
Maryland Workers’ Compensation: Construction work injuries
At our Maryland law firm, we represent many injured construction workers to recover their rightful workers’ compensation benefits to help with medical bills and lost wages. We also fight for the surviving loved ones of construction workers who have met premature...
Is PTSD compensable under Maryland Workers’ Compensation law?
The short answer to this question is yes, but it depends. We represent clients with a wide variety of mental and physical work-related impairments, including post-traumatic stress disorder, often referred to as PTSD. The disease itself as well as how Maryland Workers’...
Maryland Workers’ Compensation: vocational rehabilitation
A Maryland employee who sustains a work-related injury or develops an occupational disease is entitled to Workers’ Compensation. Most people think of Workers’ Compensation as consisting of payments that are a percent of the person’s average wages, as well as medical...
The danger of turning left in front of an oncoming motorcycle
Our lawyers represent Maryland motorcyclists who have been the victims of collisions with larger, enclosed motor vehicles because of the negligent or reckless driving practices of those operating cars, vans, SUVs or trucks for which motorcycles are no match. Earlier...
Maryland Workers’ Compensation death benefits: Part 2
Today we continue our discussion of Workers' Compensation benefits available to surviving dependents of Maryland workers who suffered work-related deaths. In Part 1, we discussed dependency. Death benefits are available to surviving dependents -- family or nonfamily...
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